Linda Darty: Artist Talk and Workshop

The Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) is bring internationally-renowned artist, author, and educator, Linda Darty to Calgary.

Linda Darty heads the Metals Program at the School of Art, East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and is a professor of Metalworking and Enameling. Her new book “The Art of Enameling: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration” is now available and from the reviews, it’ll definitely be an interesting read.

You can also listen to Linda Darty speak about enameling from Craftcast – Talking with Linda Darty.

Event Details

Artist Talk

Location: Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre

Date: January 31, 2009

Time: 7:00 pm

Workshop

Date: January 31 and February 1, 2009

To register for this public workshop, please contact Charles Lewton-Brain at 403.338.5537.

Workshop Description

A variety of innovative enameling processes will be introduced, and students will be able to request demonstrations of those which are most interesting to the group. A basic introduction to enameling will be presented which includes preparation of enamel, working with opaque and transparent colors, dry sifting and wet inlaying techniques. Students will experiment with liquid enamels, sifted stenciled and graffito techniques, foils, water color and painting enamels, decal papers, torch and kiln firing. Simple approaches to cloissone, champleve, as well as metal fabrication and finishing techniques (including cold connections and soldering before, during and after enameling) will be discussed. Students should come with open minds and ideas about how they would like to use enamel in their own work. The discussion will focus on ways that enamel can be used experimentally, and expressively in personal work.

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