500 Enameled Objects: A Celebration of Color on Metal (500 Series) - Softcover

The classic art of enamelling is experiencing a well-deserved renaissance - and it's stunningly captured in this curated survey. Over 300 international contemporary artists have contributed museum-worthy pieces, which range in scale from small pieces to large sculptures and public art. Some of the creators take a minimalist approach, using only soft colours and matte finishes, while others exploit the material's vibrant palette and glass-like surface. The broad technical applications include everything from simple sifting and torch firing to complex cloisonne and plique-a-jour. Each volume in the 500 series focuses on a single craft and showcases a spectrum of gallery-quality examples from the best international artists in the field. With such ingenuity on display, these books are an exciting testimony to the creative possibilities of each medium.

Juror, Sarah Perkins, is currently Professor of Art and Head of the Metals Area at Southwest Missouri State University. She has shown her work extensively in invitational and competitive group exhibitions and in one-person shows; her pieces are included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Ornamental Metal Museum in Tennessee and the Long Beach Art Museum in California. Her writing has been published in respected magazines as well as in many books on enamelling and metalsmithing. Perkins has taught numerous workshops around the United States as well as the University of the West of England in Bristol.