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Fine Art Enamellists - Jessica Calderwood

  • Jessica Calderwood is very active now in the United States. She is a professor at Ball State University in Indiana. She uses a mixed media approach, with enamel, different metals, all sorts of industrial processing, and a wild imagination. We will focus on her works which are mainly enamels.

    Coupled, enamel, copper, china paint, 17″ x 17″ x 2″

    Pressed, enamel, copper, under-glaze, china paint, 10″ x 10″ x 2″

    The  Enamels above convey a quality of human emotions. The nature of the emotions is not explicitly depicted. Thus there is an atmosphere of mystery about these enamels.

    Choke, enamel, copper, under-glaze, china paint, 10″ x 10″ x 2″

    DRAPE, Enamel, Copper, China Paint, and Underglaze, 10 x 10 x 2″

    Deadhead, enamel, copper, china paint, under-glaze, glass beads, sterling silver, 10 x 10 x 2

    Here are two female figures hiding their faces, do they feel shame? Embarrassment? Are they duplicitous? What is happening in their lives?

    COUPLED II, Enamel, Copper, Under-glaze, and China Paint, 17 x 17 x 2″

    One is supporting the other. They are looking out at the world. Are they amused or frightened by what they see?

     

    Ref-

    https://toryfolliard.com/artists/jessica-calderwood/

    http://www.jessicacalderwood.com/

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