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.

10/7/18 10/7/18

The Nature of a Place: Harlan Butt's Enameled Vessels

Since 2003, enamelist and metalsmith Harlan Butt has been at work on a series of enameled vessels based on our national parks. On vessels he forms himself, he uses traditional techniques to create imagery and text that he develops during extended wilderness stays.

4/3/18 4/3/18

Surface, Color, Form: We Talk With Kathryn Osgood About Her Boundary-Pushing Work

Kathryn Osgood worked as an engineer for a small, family-owned telephone company in rural Maine for almost 20 years before starting a second life as an artist, jeweler, and enamelist. After studying with Linda Darty and Bob Ebendorf at East Carolina University, she moved to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where she heads the Professional Crafts Jewelry Program at College of The Albemarle in Manteo.

8/14/17 8/14/17

Scott Ellis: Bringing New Growth to an Old Industry

For most businessmen, enameling is an obscure craft. But Scott Ellis has family connections to the industry, and he understood its appeal–and its potential as a business opportunity. His online business, e-namels.com, started as a clearinghouse for surplus enamels, but has expanded to carry an extraordinary range of foreign-made, specialty, and out-of-production enamels.

9/12/16 9/12/16

Kat Cole Crates and Ships Steel Pieces to KVO Industries

This is the fifth in a series of guest posts by the enamel artist Kat Cole. This post previously appeared on her blog.

The more sculpture I make, the more I realize one of the biggest hurdles is shipping. It is not as easy as picking up a flat rate USPS priority box and making sure to insure it, which is usually simple and inexpensive when shipping jewelry and small objects. The logistics of transporting these three- to four-foot panels to and from California has been one of the more stressful components of this project.

9/6/15 9/6/15

Helen Elliott: Enamel on Steel

Here, we have shared portions of an interview that Helen Elliott conducted with the Enamel Guild Northeast this spring, in which she talks about her process and her inspirations.