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 former Board member of this organization. The web site provides resources for everything concerning enameling.

• The Enamelist Society

A new non-profit advocacy organization for enameling:

• The Enamel Arts Foundation

There are many new networking site springing up for enamelists. Stone recommends looking at Crafthaus, Grains of Glass, and the Yahoo group, Enamelforum.

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.
• 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.

Crafts in general:

• American Crafts Council

• National Association of Independent Artists
• The Crafts Report

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, even if they stink this year!
• The Oakland Museum has some of the best exhibits of crafts I have ever seen.
• Recordare is the brain child of my webmaster, Michael Good.

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Last updated February 5, 2010.