Getting Started: Enameled Pet Portraits Course

As part of our Getting Started Series, discover enameling and jewelry-making through a personalized pet portrait.


The 92nd Street Y, New York
The 92nd Street Y, New York
5.0 (7)
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2 x 3 hours Location Upper East Side Class size 5 to 12 guests   $240

Immortalize your pet in glass and metal! Enamel is one of the oldest decorative techniques in jewelry—powdered glass fired onto metal—and in this mini-workshop, you'll use it to make a pendant portrait of your animal. Bring a photo; we'll help you turn it into a fired decal applied to copper. You can work from a precut shape or learn to cut, form, and drill your own blank from sheet. Either way, you'll come away with an understanding of how enamel works: base coats, counter enameling, kiln firing, building up color, and foundational techniques in jewelry you can carry forward. Then leave with a finished piece others will be smitten with.
This workshop has two sessions that fall on consecutive Sundays. All supplies are provided. The instructor will be in touch with directions about the portrait you want to use before your first session.
What you'll get
  • Gain hands-on jewelry-making skills
  • Learn the fundamentals of enameling
  • Understand the process of working with fired decals
  • Complete a finished piece of jewelry
  • Make a pendant that's pawsitively unforgettable
Knowledge required
All Levels Welcome!
What to bring
  • Your creativity!
  • Enthusiasm for learning
  • A love for the arts
Session repeats

This class series runs over 2 consecutive sessions, which are 1 week apart.

Suitable for
Location

Art Center At 92NY, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128

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Ona Chan

Ona Chan


Ona began her career in Hong Kong in the early 90s in apparel production and quickly, moved to Louis Vuitton, Prada and Gucci as their Public Relations Manager. By 1998 she moved to New York and took time off to start a family which is when she discovered wax carving — after 10 years in New York, 2008 her family moved back to Hong Kong where she had the opportunity to work in jewelry production and selling in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, London and New York. Now back in New York since 2021 — Ona is busy with fine tuning her techniques at 92NY while also excited to teach one here.




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The 92nd Street Y, New York
The 92nd Street Y, New York

5.0 (7)
Instagram followers 180k followers

For more than 150 years, The 92nd Street Y, New York has brought people together through exceptional programs in the arts, culture, education, wellness, and Jewish life.
Every day, 92NY creates innovative, high-quality experiences that enrich lives and strengthen community -- on its NYC campus and online around the world. As a uniquely Jewish cultural and community center, it welcomes people of all backgrounds, offering a warm home for learning, creativity, and connection. Everything it does is rooted in its core Jewish values.

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