My Patreon and my classes are fundamentally different.

The classes are structured, their purpose is to give a complete instruction into the topic at hand, scripted to follow logical steps and be clear and concise, but also thorough. You’ll find the entirety of topics covered in each class’ description page.

My Patreon is entirely different in character. They are more conversational videos in which I cover whatever was on my bench at the time. These can be personal projects, workshop testing to improve or develop techniques or processes, commissions, and hands-on answers to Patrons’ questions. There’s a lot of explanations of thought process and problem solving involved on these videos. They’re not scripted and structured but a solve-as-you-go-along deal which more closely resembles the reality at the bench. There’s now a pretty large back catalog of videos that you have access to once you join my Patreon. You’ll find a list below. Once you’ve joined my Patreon you can browse the Collections page – which will be always up to date.

Many people have expressed gratitude for there being these two different formats, with them having moved from one to the other to more thoroughly understand the complex subject of enamelling. With which to start depends on your temperament, and also your proficiency level – for beginners I recommend the classes and the book – there’s also free videos and articles here on my website to get started with (start here!) .

When you join my Patreon at the Intermediate level you receive a 20% discount on my classes.

Hope this helps,
Mer


Browsing my Patreon through this page will make it much easier to find what you want to watch 🙂 and you can also browse the Collections page – which will be always up to date!
Remember that you get a 20% discount on my classes when you join at the Intermediate level. Membership also gives you access to our private Discord channel, read more here.

Enjoy!
Mer

Mer generously shares her plethora of information about working in enamels with those who take her classes or subscribe to her Patreon channel. I have learned so much from watching her videos, and hope to continue to learn even more. In particular, I was able to do the plique-a-jour technique after watching her video once. She’s an amazing and talented teacher.

~ Maha

Firing enamels

A public video!

I am infinitely answering these questions so I thought it was time to make a video about them 🙂

Mist XXXIV

A pair of earring studs made to match a previous pendant
Part 1 & in box (public)

House number

A larger panel champlevé project!
Video, installation pictures (public)

Pencil explorations

Part 1 & Part 2

Panta Rhei

Panta Rhei part 1, part 2 – milky way painting/grisaille and setting in gold frame

Cuttlefish grisaille

Part 1 & Part 2

Thought & Memory 2

The painting process

Magnificat

Enamelling bands for a gold crown. Watch the first 25 minutes of the video for free on YouTube.

Magnificat part 2: hope teardrop enamelling on engraved 18k gold

Mini medal – mother and child

Sybil series

Part 1: Design process, rationale, flashing silver blank, first layers of enamel.
Part 2: Enamelling opalescent background moon, painting landscape on reverse.
Part 3: Thoughts on painting on enamel colours, painting the figure.
Part 4: Elaborate reversible frame setting part 1
Part 5: Frame setting part 2, water gilding a stone
Part 6: Frame setting part 3, creating the setting for freely spinning sphere, setting the enamel in the piece, chain making.

Seeker V series

Part 1: An overview of the enamelling process followed by discussion of other pieces on this series, and begin working on the setting for this piece.
Part 2: We continue working on the thick frame setting and the back bezel.
Part 3: Creating the drop, setting the piece and beaded chain.

Jackdaw series

Part 1: Design, flashing blank, enamelling, painting on enamel.
Part 2: Earrings bezel + prong setting part 1.
Part 3: Earrings: handmade English lock part 1.
Part 4: Earrings: handmade English lock part 2, hammer setting, finishing.

Stone, bronze, steel

Painting on enamel

Preparatory Work: Lotus series

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Jellyfish

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Portrait

Painting process