6/25/19 6/25/19

"There and Not There:" The Enamel Art of René Roberts

René Roberts, recently featured in our exhibit with the Richmond Art Center, shares some of the technical and creative challenges of creating this series—and her beautiful solutions.

1/9/19 1/9/19

Place as Landscape / Place as Concept: Contemporary Enameling in the U.S.

We are delighted to announce the exhibit “Place as Landscape/Place as Concept: Contemporary Enameling in the U.S,” from January 15 – March 8, 2019. Just back from Taiwan and mounted in conjunction with Richmond Arts Center, the exhibit examines the idea of place from an American perspective.

12/13/17 12/13/17

Be a Part of Our Blog! Share Ideas and Work, Strengthen Our Community

As you know, enamel artists are an inventive, passionate, determined bunch. We have to be, to pursue this medium that is technically demanding, that sometimes feels overlooked and obscure, but which has tremendous power. And we thrive on community–the community of classrooms, shared studios, craft fairs, and online.

As the online enameling community grows, and people seek out fresh imagery, old secrets, and new opportunities, we are excited to be part of that growth by expanding the scope and reach of our blog.

10/11/16 10/11/16

Finished! Kat Cole Installs Her Piece

This is the last in a series of posts by enamel artist Kat Cole about a public installation she created at KVO Industries and installed in the Cedars neighborhood in Dallas. This post previously appeared on her blog . Thank you, Kat, for sharing the journey with us!

8/18/16 8/18/16

Looking Back to Look Forward

The Center for Enamel Art is not just a place to take workshops. It also provides opportunities to experience enameling in new and and even life-altering ways. For me, the Center’s bus tour of Fred Ball’s work in Sacramento was this kind of opportunity.

6/9/16 6/9/16

How Now Fred Ball?

Recently, I have been wondering about the legacy of one the most important American enamelists of the 20^th century, Fred Uhl Ball (1945-1985). I never met him, though he lived, worked and taught in Sacramento, CA, about an hour from my home, and frequented the supply store in San Francisco where I bought my enamels. But even in absentia, Ball was a mentor to me. His book, Experimental Techniques in Enameling (1972), came out the same year I began enameling professionally, and formed the basis of my journey into enameling.

9/28/15 9/28/15

Part II: What Is Missing From This Picture?

This is the second of our two-part series, Challenges and Opportunities for Artists Who Choose Enamel, an essay by our intern Zhou Zoe Yuan. You can read the first part here.

9/21/15 9/21/15

Part I: Is Enameling a Dying Art?

We are delighted to share with you a two-part essay, Challenges And Opportunities for Artists Who Choose Enamel, by our intern Zhou Zoe Yuan, a fourth-year student at California College of the Arts. It is an excellent exploration of enamel’s place in the art world and a wonderful starting point for a discussion of these issues.