Enamel Painting


Enamel painting opens the door to a world of representational and abstract designs as well as colors on metal jewelry. Learn all about this technique.

Enameling Malleable Copper

Enameling Malleable Copper

Early in the 1400's someone discovered that a design of juxta- positioned colored enamels would not intermingle when heated to...
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The Enamel Material

Enamel comes in a number of forms: lump, string, liquid, and powder, as well as in the optical qualities of...
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China Painting on Enamel Process

China Painting on Enamel Process

Although enameling is a new art form for me, I came to it with many years of china painting experience....
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Overglaze Technique

For more than twenty years, I have been using overglazes as a direct painting technique. My canvas usually is a...
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Portrait with Enamel Watercolors

Portrait with Enamel Watercolors

My design for a portrait in enamel is based on either a photocopy of a photograph or my sketch of...
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Sansone Studio: Famous Enamel Works

Sansone Studio: Famous Enamel Works

Sometime around 1989 or 1990,I got a call from a friend, Steve Kissler, who owned a small gift shop in...
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Enamels in Medieval Galleries

Enamels in Medieval Galleries

The innovative Medieval Galleries, occupying a complete wing of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, have now been open...
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Sansone Studio: Ancient Enameling Techniques

Sansone Studio: Ancient Enameling Techniques

Artists Joel and Pamela Sansone are maestros of glass. Walking into the Sansone's Studio is like stumbling upon a surprise,...
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The Enamel Arts Foundation Goals

The Enamel Arts Foundation Goals

Bernard N. Jazzar, President of the Board of Directors of the newly formed Enamel Arts Foundation, announces that the Foundation...
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Teaching Enameling at the International Enamel Studio

Teaching Enameling at the International Enamel Studio

One of the main tasks of the International Enamel Studio is to save our 1000 year-old enamel art and techniques...
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The Enamelware of Radka Urbanova

The Enamelware of Radka Urbanova

Radka's first encounter with enamel was in early childhood. She used to go to an Orthodox Church with her father...
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The Enamel Art of the “Nine Lively Ladies”

The Enamel Art of the “Nine Lively Ladies”

We are a group of artists who call ourselves "Nine Lively Ladies." A year ago, I had to come up...
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The Enamelware of Ben Caldwell

The Enamelware of Ben Caldwell

Ben Caldwell is a painter, copper and silver smith, musical instrument builder, and inventor. He trained at the Studio School...
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Terry Gay Puckett: Retrospective Exhibition

Terry Gay Puckett: Retrospective Exhibition

Editor's Note: Terry's Retrospective Exhibition had more than 30 enamels. The Retrospective Catalog has 26 pages with 31 illustrations. There...
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2009 Exhibition of Enamel Art Work

2009 Exhibition of Enamel Art Work

A three person exhibition of enamel art work earlier this year by Veenu Shah, Kana Lomrur and Jyoti Singh created...
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The Enamelware of Tibor Kopocs

The Enamelware of Tibor Kopocs

In 1987, some drawings I had made were exhibited (about 30 etchings) in Szolnok, Hungary. A friend of mine, László...
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Unconventional Enameling Projects

Unconventional Enameling Projects

I am a self-taught enamellist. Having never heard of enameling, I began in the mid-70s with enamels and copper shapes...
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Commercial Enameled Art Projects

Commercial Enameled Art Projects

The show season had come and gone. With my kids still in school, I was unable to participate in the...
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Josiane Tragesar’s “A Way of the Cross”

Josiane Tragesar’s “A Way of the Cross”

In my capacity as Liturgical artist I recently received a commission from St. Columban's Catholic Parish to create a work...
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The Creation of The Quickening

The Creation of The Quickening

In the early 1980’s, I made a drawing based on the theme of transformation, a sudden, intuitive grasp of reality...
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