Learn to enamel copper bowls with us!

I love teaching this day course! As well as supplying pure copper bowls to enamellers, I offer exciting day courses at Rainbow Glass Studios where you can learn to enamel on convex and concave surfaces. This course is for students who have some experience of enamelling (such as having attended my Beginners Day Course Enamelling on Cooper for jewellery first) and who wish to develop their skills in enamelling on larger pieces too.

My "Enamelling on copper bowls" day course will give you a confident start to working on domed and curved forms or 3D shapes (and getting your enamel to stick and not fall off, one of the main challenges posed by gravity!) I limit this course numbers to a maxiumum of 4 students at a time to allow more time for 1:1 guidance and support.

You can expect to make two finished pendants using domed copper forms plus two small enamelled bowls, employing a range of decorative techniques, with colourful enamel media and a wide palette of opaque and transparent colours to choose from.

The collection of enamelled and domed forms and copper bowls made by students in May 2025 on our day course

I will lead you through the enamelling process step by step, covering health and safety in using a kiln to give you confidence and to encourage you to achieve a beautiful and professional finish on your bowls. The beautiful examples in the image above were created by first time attendees at my bowls course. You will also be able to wear your jewellery home as I provide the chains and findings to complete your creations (after all what is the point of making just samples? Let's make them useful, beautiful and wearable too!)

Here is a lovely review from a recent attendee:

"A great day enamelling on copper bowls, so fascinating to see layers of enamel come to life when fired. Eleanor is an excellent tutor who explained all processes very clearly & was always on hand to help when required. I was amazed at the lovely bowls I was able to create & take home with me. a very enjoyable day - thank you Eleanor." M.C May 2025

To book, here are forthcoming dates for my enamelling on copper bowls courses:

Saturday 19th July 2025

Sunday 28th September 2025

Sunday 23rd November 2025

I'd love to see you at the studio and to teach you how! I also offer the option to my course attendees to pre-order more copper bowls to purchase and take home with them too!

You will be bowled over......!