Volume Number 2, Issue Number 3, November 2002 A free publication from Allan Heywood Enamels

Alexa & Peter Smarsh, U.S.A. - enameller & metalsmith respectively Cloisonne enamel pin-pendant, "Cubist" series fabricated 24k, 22k & 14k gold, 925 silver, rhodolite garnet The brilliant use of vibrant colour and expressive line framed by superbly fabricated and embellished gold, silver and gemstone settings characterises the multi-award-winning enamel jewels of Alexa and Peter Smarsh from the U.S.A. "I, ( Alexa ), am the enamelist and Peter, my husband, is the metalsmith / goldsmith. This is our 21st full-time year in business under the name “Enamelights”, but I feel as though I've been an artist all my life!" - Alexa Smarsh - continued Lori Ristinen, U.S.A. - scrimshander. "Leopard" One could be forgiven for thinking the leopard rendering above is a fine watercolour & gouache on paper - it is in fact an astounding example by Lori Ristinen, scrimshander of the ancient craft of scrimshaw, scrimmed on an ivory knife handle - continued In this Issue: V2 #3 Nov. 2002: Alexa & Peter Smarsh - introduction                          Gold cloisonné jewellery. V2 #3 Nov. 2002: Lori Ristinen - introduction                          Scrimshaw. V2 #3 Nov. 2002: 16th Cloisonne Jewelry Contest, Tokyo - April 8-13, 2003.                           Organised by The Japan Shippo Conference. V2 #3 Nov. 2002: Mikhail Selishchev"s “Khors” Enamel Art Gallery, Rostov.                           Symposia, exhibition opportunities etc V2 #3 Nov. 2002: G.I.R.A.E.F.E., association of French Enamellers.                           Exhibitions & exhibition opportunity etc V2 #3 Nov. 2002: CIDAE,"WORLD OF ENAMELLING"                          International enamelling exhibition in Salou Spain. V2 #3 Nov. 2002: Celebrating Art Nouveau: The Kreuzer Collection                          Virginia Museum of Fine Arts - to 19 January 2003. V2 #3 Nov. 2002: Enamel Workshops, 2003 Exhibition, fair, class, workshop, book, catalogue, awards listings - add yours! Email Sharon Scalise, "Events" editor, at sscalise@tampabay.rr.com for inclusion. eNAMEL subscribers can have up to three pieces of their original work in any medium displayed in the Online Gallery. Email pictures in .JPG form only & of the quality featured in the Newsletter, to: pictures@netconnect.com.au - the service is free.

"CLICK for DETAILS" "GLASS on METAL" Alexa & Peter Smarsh Lori Ristinen Allan Heywood Sharon Scalise Alexa & Peter Smarsh Digital Image Manipulation Editor: A. B. Heywood Events Editor: S. Scalise