There was the jewellery bench and the enamel desk in my St Kilda studio. At any time there could be a pile of metal on the enamel bench ready to go, as well as (and fed directly from this pile) a stack of enamelled segments on the jewellery bench, awaiting stringing into a single piece. By the end of my progress in making works for this exhibition, enameling and making days would alternate, which allowed my studio to cool down between firing days. It also meant that I would have to concentrate hard and think creatively on enamelling days, while on making days more dexterity, but less imagination, was needed to complete the pieces. By this point, the tethering points and fixing methods I was planning to use had been decided, just the work of ordering and joining remained.
Melissa Cameron
Melissa is a jewellery artist from Australia living in Seattle in the US. Her works can be found in the National Gallery of Australia as well as the Cheongju City Collection in South Korea. Her enamel works typically display subtle enamel incursions amidst precise laser cut stainless steel layers.
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I came across this web page doing a search for enamellists in Australia, I’m in Perth and a novice , but very keen and most of the work I sell is enamel, I love it and aspire to be great one day I am self taught, although I do have some silversmithing training, and I studied drawing and painting art school in uk, I’m looking for some mentoring and training as I really am working in isolation and need to branch out and learn, I’m so keen to learn. Do you know of any workshops or contacts, I’d love to do some short courses and just see how other people enamel I guess. Hope this isn’t to rambling, hope you can help many thanks gill cordiner.