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Welcome to glass-on-metal.com, the online enameling resource! Use the navigation bar on the left side of each page to maneuver through the site, or click one of the links below to get started. W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation The Conference will open at 9:00 am on the morning of August 20th in the Foundation's Museum. On entering the Museum, you will see Ben Caldwell's exhibit, which recently closed, in the lobby of Tower 49 in New York City. After a short welcome and introductions, we will go outside to watch a demonstration of Ben's double-torch Large Scale enameling. Back to the Museum, for a complete change of pace. Harry Burnett will lecture and demonstrate his method of transferring an image to an enamel surface. A photograph, drawing, or anything which can be scanned is altered in photo editing software for proper tonality and balance, and printed onto a waterslide decal sheet. Then the image is transferred to a pre-fired enameled surface and fired for a permanent image. This seems to have a lot of advantages over the Riso or photo screen processes. After lunch, Jaime Frechette will lecture and demonstrate how she has turned what has long been a horrible defect into a beautiful technique. Jaime has made wonderful progress since discovering a few years ago that it could be developed into a technique. If you like to 'push to the limit' or 'expand the envelope,' you will like her presentation. Early this year, we came up with an extremely simple method of making a glass cabochon. Later, we discovered it was a fine way to use enamel powders which had become mixed together by accident or on purpose. We will demonstrate it and then, if you wish to make one, materials will be available. Following, Bill Helwig will critique the exhibition, giving us a detailed analysis and assessment, etc. At 9:00 am on Thursday, August 21st, Ben Caldwell will again take center stage. He will talk about the particulars of his double-torch Large Scale work and answer your questions. Harold Nelson and Bernard Jazzar will tell us about the progress of The Enamel Arts Foundation, a newly formed not-for-profit foundation. Tom Ellis will talk about the well-known Faure Studio 'built-up' and 'carved' procedure. Susan Hunt will show you why the humble stencil is not so humble. her quick, effective procedures are great secrets - you will use them. Bill Helwig will show you how to make the proverbial 'silk purse', starting with a scrap piece of copper and ending with a jewel. And, with the price of copper these days, you will find Bill's procedures priceless. If time permits, and we will try to see it does, we will show pictures of Go De Kroon's work and a video we made 20 years ago of his method of enameling. For additional information about the conference and workshops, and for a registration form, download the below .pdf file.
W.W. Carpenter Enamel
Foundation Workshops Introduction to Enameling - An Intensive Workshop for Beginners September 13, 2008, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Cost: $75.00, which includes all materials We will start with the basics and have you enameling within 15 minutes. You will quickly move on to more advanced procedures and selected techniques. By the end of the workshop, you should have a good idea as to what you wish to accomplish with enamel. All tools and materials are supplied. Participants are only expected to bring a brown bag lunch, an open mind, and a pair of eager hands. There are fast food restaurants close by, if you prefer. If you plan to arrive the evening before, we recommend Comfort Suites, (859) 291-3800. Tell them you are visiting Thompson Enamel and you will receive a reduced rate (rate code THOMPS) of $89 for a standard room. They are at 420 Riverboat Row, Newport, KY, and only 4 blocks from Thompson. Call (859) 291-3800 or by email, info@thompsonenamel.com, to reserve space.
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