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Featured stories, resources for the enameling community, and the latest from CEA
T Magazine Features Enamelwork… Without Using the Word Enamel
The good news is that the latest issue of T Magazine has a lush spread devoted to enameled jewelry and objects new and old. (Click here to read the article.) The luminous boxes of Jean Goulden rub shoulders with the incredible miniature artworks that are Alice Cicolini’s rings and Morelli’s meditation bells.
A Wealth of Experience: Pat Johnson's Landmark Book, Enamelling on Copper
The simple title, Enamelling on Copper, suggests the two most important aspects of this landmark book. Pat Johnson, who lives in the UK, has written a book that draws directly on her wealth of experience with enamel and its interactions with her chosen metal substrate, copper.
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.
Technical challenge: Liquid enamel on formed copper
Enameling is an art, but it is also a technical process, and part of the art is solving the technical challenges. Our blog editor, Lauren, works with enamel as well as writes for a living, and she has shared with us her problem-solving process for a recent piece.
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!
Kat Cole Enamels Her Work at KVO Industries, Part 2
This is the seventh in a series of guest posts by the enamel artist Kat Cole. This post previously appeared on her blog.
Kat Cole Enamels Her Work at KVO Industries, Part 1
This is the sixth in a series of guest posts by the enamel artist Kat Cole. This post previously appeared on her blog.
KVO is a small company running impressive facilities with incredible possibilities. They have made signage for the state and national park systems, large-scale outdoor images for cities and museums, and worked with artists to re-create images of their work in enamel for public projects.
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.
Construction of Kat Cole's Piece Begins at KVO Industries
This is the fourth in a series of guest posts by the enamel artist Kat Cole. This post previously appeared on her blog.
As I prepared to build the pieces, I asked for assistance from the experts at KVO Industries about fabricating and their construction techniques. Just as in jewelry, the function of these panels have to be considered in the design phase.