[Jewelry making - Article 00366] - [Orchid] [Workshop] Enamelist Society Workshops

[Judy Stone]

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    Add some color to your life - and work - this summer! 

    If you've ever admired pictures of Rene Lalique's
    masterpiece "Dragonfly Woman" ornament, with glowing transparent 
wings
    of blue, you've seen plique a jour and it's unique power to add color
    and luster to jewelry design. 

    This summer, Diane Almeyda, the premier American plique-a-jour
    enamelist, offers two workshops in plique E0 jour as part of the
    Enamelist Society Biennial Conference, "Fusion," being held in
    Columbus Ohio August 24-26, 2007. 

    Starting with a frame of pierced silver or a filigree skeleton of
    soldered silver wires; enamel is suspended and fired to fill the
    openings. With no metal backing, the enamels transmit light and
    resemble miniature stained glass. The result is a visual and
    technical "tour-de-force." 

    Almeyda's pre-conference workshop, August 22-24, will cover the
    pierced technique, while her post-conference workshop, August 27-29,
    will concentrate on constructing a filigreed piece. Almeyda learned
    filigree plique-a-jour from Valeri Timofeev, the great Russian
    master of the technique. 

    Both workshops will take place at the Woodrow Carpenter Foundation
    in Covington Kentucky which is affiliated with Thompson Enamel.
    Thompson is the sole remaining American manufacturer of vitreous
    enamel, and a promoter of the art form for many years. Other
    Enamelist Society workshops still available at this site are Harold
    B. Helwig, "Wetout and Underglaze," a unique exploration of enamel
    drawing techniques with one of the medium's greatest experimenters
    and teachers, and Jeanette Landenwitch, "Exploring Precious Metal
    Clay for Enamelists." Landenwitch is director of the PMC guild and
    teaches PMC workshops throughout the U. S. 

    Interested in working BIGGER? Two workshops at Kent State's
    large-scale enameling facility also still have room for students.
    Katy Bergman Cassell will present "Industrial Materials, Artistic
    Expression" pre-conference, while Cathy Kay Taylor's post-conference
    workshop, "Color, Color, Color: Enamels and Color on a Large Scale"
    will work with liquid and dry enamels to explore the color
    possibilities of enamel on steel. 

    Registration for the conference and workshops can be done by mail or
    online - but hurry! A $40 late fee will be charged after July 30th. 

    For more information, go to http://www.enamelistsociety.org 

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