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Can a piece of enamel be political without explanation? Host Judy Stone and guest Ana Lopez, professor of metalsmithing and jewelry at the University of North Texas, share their conversations with enamelists whose work engages with politics. Learn how artists use the allure of enamel to open up difficult conversations, and why Ana believes good artwork always leaves room for interpretation.

00:00 Introduction, and Ana Lopez

03:19 Elizabeth Turrell

06:09 Melissa Cameron

07:57 Harlan Butt

12:45 Bill Harper

18:10 Marianne Hunter

20:07 Keith Lewis

21:30 Tanya Crane

23:14 Jessica Calderwood

28:01 Marissa Saneholtz

30:45 Jan Harrell

32:22 Everybody should vote

In Part 2 of this 2-part conversation, host Judy Stone continues her talk with Hal Nelson and Bernard Jazzar of the Enamel Arts Foundation. What began as a love of the medium grew into a mission to bring enamel to the public. Learn how they are entrusting their collection to museums across the country, why they believe enamel has to be held to be understood, and who they hope will carry the work forward.

00:00 Living with Enamels

07:44 More to Learn, More to Share

11:43 Distributing the Collection

25:15 So-Called Retirement

29:25 Who Gets Remembered

35:50 Personal Narratives

40:06 The Time and the Place

50:11 Conclusions with Judy and Katy

In Part 1 of this 2-part conversation, host Judy Stone talks with Hal Nelson and Bernard Jazzar—museum curators, art historians, and founders of the Enamel Arts Foundation. Learn how chance encounters with enamel work sparked a decades-long project to recover a nearly lost chapter of American craft history.

In this episode: A short-lived 1981 enameling workshop · Happening upon enamels at Southern California flea markets · Why enamel never made it into standard art history curricula · A self-directed project archiving museum collections nationwide. · The 2005 exhibition and book, Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930–1980

00:00 Introduction

01:50 Discovering Enamels

08:18 A Glimpse in Storage

13:01 Building the Archive

18:57 Painting with Fire - Exhibition and Book

23:40 Closing Reflections with Judy and Katy

Welcome to the first episode of Enameling in Context, a podcast about vitreous enamel and the world that surrounds it. Host Judy Stone has been a professional enamelist for 60+ years, and she still fields questions from people who assume she means teeth, car paint, or epoxy resin. Joined by her friend and fellow enamelist and metalsmith Katy Joksch, Judy answers the obvious first question: what exactly is the "context" in Enameling in Context?

00:00 The Big Picture

05:12 The Medium

10:11 Why a Podcast

19:56 Education and Enameling

25:17 Goals of This Podcast