Low Temperature Enamel, Ef Color. A Workshop with Eva Mazana

What is Efcolor?
Efcolor is a low-temperature synthetic enamel powder that can be used on any metal, as well as on glass, wood, porcelain, and stone. There is a wide variety of colours. It melts and hardens at 150°C, making it perfect for use in conventional ovens or candle-powered stoves.


Advantages:

• Quick and easy
• Simple and inexpensive materials
• Can be fused at home; no special equipment required
• Can be applied to soldered pieces

​Techniques and specific applications:
1. Painting on metal with a matte finish.
2. Grooves and bas-reliefs.
3. Painting on textured surfaces.
4. Covering a three-dimensional object, using glue.
5. Covering wires.
6. Painting with a brush, using a mixture of powder and glue.
7. Dry colour mixing.
8. Black-and-white and colour transfers.
9. Three-dimensional transfers.
10. Pieces with milled areas, incisions, letters, numbers…
11. Masking areas using tape, rice, noodles, organic materials…
12. Burning with a torch.
13. Freehand drawing, laser engraving, or acid etching.
14. Drawing with pencil, colored pencils, or watercolour on an enamelled surface.

… it’s all a matter of experimentation

Schedule: 6th and 7th of March 2027, from 9h to 13h and 14h to 18h (8h/day).

Number of Participants: 12 maximum per workshop.

Level: all levels.

Price:
315 euros (the materials are included in the price of the workshop), + 10 euros / homemade lunch (optional).

Languages: Spanish with simultaneous translation into English.
 

About the teacher
​Eva Mazana is a Spanish industrial designer and jewellery artist based in Barcelona. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from Escola Elisava, as well as a Higher Degree in Industrial Design Engineering. In 2014, she completed a Higher Vocational Degree in Artistic Jewellery at Escola Massana. Her multidisciplinary background combines product design, jewellery, materials and craftsmanship. She has developed her skills through numerous workshops in jewellery techniques, porcelain, wax modelling, ceramics and colour applied to metal. Her work also explores the relationship between objects, people, space, light and materials.