The Conference was held in the Humanities Building B of the California College of Arts and Crafts (C.C.A.C.) at the Oakland campus.
The NCEG conference, over Martin Luther King Jr.. holiday weekend, has been a great way for members and non-members to meet each other and catch up on the latest in the world of enameling.
This one day event featured talks and demonstrations about torch-fired enamel beads, filigree plique-a-jour, and cold connections as a way to fabricate metal for enameling.
The conference provided an opportunity to buy, sell, or trade enameling and metalworking tools and supplies. Coral Shaffer from Seattle, who gave a workshop following the conference, was on hand during the conference to show and sell supplies in her persona as the owner of Enamelwork Supply.
After the conference there was a group dinner at Café Rustica on College Ave.
Judy opens the conference.....
Nancy is our new president. She is looking forward to the new year.
New and old members hear an outline of the conference.
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Conference Demonstrations
Cold Joining presentation by Susie Ganch. It was riveting! See TIPS on Joining.
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Plique-a-Jour presentation by Sandra Bradshaw. See TIPS on Plique-a-jour.
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Torch-fired Bead presentation by Aileen Geddes. See TIPS on Beadmaking.
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Conference Workshop and Enamel Supply by Coral Shaffer.
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Good Food and Friendship at Cafe Rustica at the end of the day.
