News & Blog
Featured stories, resources for the enameling community, and the latest from CEA
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Harold Balazs, True Artist, True Friend
With the death of Harold Balazs, a wonderful enamel artist who worked beautifully in many media, the art and craft community has lost not only a tremendous talent but a true friend. Balazs passed away on December 30, 2017, at the age of 89.
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.