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Category: Technical Articles 2000

Raymond Jackson

As a relative newcomer to enamelling and on my first visit to the Annual Conference at Leicester, it was difficult to decide between all the tutorials on offer. I opted for the enamel painting since I had no experience of this technique. I anticipated the learning curve would be steep but, under Dayna's patient and helpful guidance, I learnt a lot, enjoyed it and came away with some points to ponder. More of that later.

This was Dayna's first tutorial for the Guild, but it was clear from the exquisite examples of her work, that she was a real artist in this technique. She had started work in the jewellery quarter in Birmingham working first for Toye, Kenning and Spencer and latterly for Thomas Fattorini. At both, she was employed as a miniature vitreous enamel painter working on civic regalia and heraldic commissions. She is now a self-employed enamel artist.

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