June Schwarcz was the founding member and original President of the Northern California Enamel Guild from 1974 to 1992. June passed in 2015, forever leaving her mark on the world of enamels and our guild. “The beauty, life, vitality, essence, spirit, wherever one may call it, is what matters in the objects I want to […]
www.hollyjcarter.com Fluid Series: Artist Description: The Fluid Series depicts the Vertebrae, its natural structure and support, but also the life fluids that flow between the bones and muscles. -Holly J Carter
Artist Statement: Enamel is unending pleasure. I start a piece with specific ideas in mind and a theory about how to get there; what comes out of the kiln is something much better than I have imagined, and I have to follow the shifts of color called for as each piece evolves into its final […]
Ed Lay was a metalsmith, enamelist, and amazing teacher and friend. Ed was the head instructor and studio manager at the Richmond Art Center where he taught many an NCEG member. Ed Lay has been an integral part of the Northern California Enamel Guild as a board member and website tech. Ed passed away in […]
Artist Statement: “I have been working with enamels for over thirty years and have been introduced to several different techniques as an apprentice in Vienna. I found Limoges the most suitable technique to “paint” with enamels. Each piece is still as challenging and interesting as the first and I keep it that way by making […]
www.gailreidstudio.com Artist Statement: My focus alternates between work that examines our expectations and responses to change, and vessels that indulge my desire to explore form and texture.
www.anitaselinger.com
Artist Statement: “My way of working is based on the availability of enameling supplies and the contemporary work of the late Fred Ball. I work in layers, pushing the enamel into place and then firing. There are between 6 to15 layers or firings in each piece. I also incorporate compatible glass into all my pieces […]
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