Another great workshop

Powdercoating is getting super popular this summer!

This workshop will be held towards the end of the month at Pullen Arts Center in Raleigh, NC. 

Hope you can participate - and please share if you're a fellow jeweler.

Stay lovely! xoxo
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Autumn Brown demo at the ECU symposium

As I stated in my previous ecu metals symposium blog post, there were so many great demos and visiting artists, and I was really excited to see my good friend Autumn Brown demonstrate how she combines metal and enamel with porcelain (cone 6).  I wasn't able to take extensive notes but I'm going to borrow words from the ECU Ceramics guild blog: "She fires the porcelain with the metal in an enameling kiln at 1500-1535 degrees F for approximately 10 minutes.  The decorative porcelain pieces are then set into constructed metal frames with clutching prongs that hold the porcelain into the metal backing."

My favorite part of how Autumn combines metal with clay is the use of copper wire placed on the porcelain making cool shapes or images.  She showed us how you can use thin 22 gauge wire to make a saw frame on the porcelain.

Autumn is an MFA alumni of the metals program received her BFA from the University of Georgia.  She currently teaches several courses at Pitt Community College (here in Gvegas), works out of her studio at Dirty Lamm, AND contributes to Greenville's newest gallery and studios over at Art Avenue -whew, she's busy! I met Autumn when I first moved to Greenville and she is a great source of knowledge for me and advice; I'd say she's my big sister metalsmith!

Autumn getting her demo ready.

Autumn's eery  yet goregous samples and pieces.

Linda Darty enamel and silver cups

Felicia Szorad necklace (enamel, silver, felt).

Kathryn Osgood's delicate yet strong pierced enamel pieces.

Above are several shots I snapped, very quickly between workshops, of the Enamel Exhibition. 

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Art of Enamel Exhibition

ECU Metals Jewelry MFA Alumni Kathryn Osgood curated this show - featuring many ECU alumni and professors.

Here is the official release and invitation information:

The Art of Enamel exhibition opening reception will be held on Thursday March 8 from 5 - 7 pm at the COA Gallery in Manteo. “The Art of Enamel” is a national invitational show of contemporary enamelwork. This exhibition will celebrate the diversity in the field of contemporary enamels, featuring work by artists using a variety of techniques, from traditional to experimental processes.

The exhibition will take place in the COA Professional Arts Gallery at the Roanoke Island campus in Manteo, from March 8 to April 6, with an opening reception on Thursday March 8 from 5 to 7 pm. For more information contact Kathryn Osgood at 475-9248.

Artists include: Linda Darty, Robert Ebendorf, Marjorie Simon, Barbara Minor, Deborah Lozier, Jan Harrell, Mi-Sook Hur, Ken Bova, Marissa Saneholtz, Sandra McEwen, Kristin Mitsu Shiga, Charity Hall, Kristi Kloss, Liz Steiner, Felicia Szorad, Adrienne Grafton, Julie Brooks, Irene Schindler, Jane Wells Harrison, Ashley Gilreath.

Hope you can make it if you live in the Eastern NC area.
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