My Favorite Links

The links on this page represent some of Judy Stone's varied interests.

Enameling and the World of Arts and Crafts 

Enameling instruction is very important to Stone.  Listings of classes and workshops can be found at:

• Schlaifer's Enameling Supplies, LLC

• The Enamelist Society website

Some of the best places in the U.S. to learn are at the institutions listed below:

• John C. Campbell Folk School
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
• Penland School of Crafts

In Northern California here are some very fine places to learn enameling:

• Mendocino Art Center
• Richmond Art Center
• The Crucible
• Revere Academy
• California Institute of Jewelry Training
• California College of Arts and Crafts extended education program

The Northern California Enamel Guild newsletter has up-to-date class/workshop listings as well as other important resource information.

Besides the various enamel guilds in the U.S., there is one national organization. Stone is on the Board of Trustees of this organization. The web site provides resources for everything concerning enameling.

• The Enamelist Society

To be connected to the "world" of enameling check out the following sites:

• The Society of Dutch Enamellers
• Enamel Guild/Northeast

• British Society of Enamellers

Information on enameling steel or cast iron is usually accessed through

• The Porcelain Enamel Institute

Enameling supplies are sometimes hard to come by. Here are some of the chief suppliers:

• Enamelwork Supply is a one-person supplier. Coral Shaffer believes in customer service and her supplies are superior. She carries Japanese enamels and hard-to-find supplies.  E-mail for a catalogue.
• Thompson Enamel is the chief manufacturer and supplier of enamels and enameling supplies in the United States. Publishes Glass on Metal 5 times a year.
• Rio Grande is starting a new enamel supply catalogue for which Stone is a consultant.
• Schlaifer's Enameling Supplies distributes Thompson Enamels on-line.
• Vcella Kilns are the best made enameling kilns on the market.
• Metalliferous is a supplier of copper shapes and miscellaneous metal supplies.

Here are some web sites of other artists from all over the world which show a wide range of enameling techniques and information about enameling:

• Alana Clearlake
• Pat Johnson
• Diane Almeyda
• Linda Lundell
• Susan Knopp
• Linda Crawford
• Karen Cohen
• Yvonne Plüss
• Mimi Walsh
• Edmund Massow
• Allan Heywood
• Karin Pohl
• Lori Zell

Crafts in general:

• American Crafts Council

• National Association of Independent Artists
• The Crafts Report
• The Art List is a monthly e-newsletter and searchable database listing upcoming art contests, art competitions, and opportunities for visual artists and photographers.

Some of my best friends are craftspeople:

• Carlene Raper, quilter par excellent
• Lloyd General, wood turner with a heart of gold
• Marion Hunziker, knotted and stitched fiber jewelry

Baseball, Friends, and Culture

Just a little taste of the varied experiences which work their way into Judy Stone's enamels:

• The San Francisco Giants, my team.
• The Oakland Museum has some of the best exhibits of crafts I have ever seen.
• The Parkway Theater on a limited budget based on indeterminate cash flow this is a great way to spend a Saturday night. The El Cerrito Theater, my neighborhood theater, is a project of this group.
• Recordare is the brain child of my webmaster, Michael Good.

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Last updated February 6, 2008.