C.V.

Education
I have been enamelling for nearly 40 years. I began by teaching myself from books and later attended workshops run by the Guild of Enamellers. I attended jewellery Adult Education classes, firstly evenings at Croydon and later I studied under Louise O’Neill at SCOLA, Sutton.

Qualifications

Level 3 in Jewellery Open College Network 2004

Cert. Ed. (PCET) 2006

City and Guilds in Enamelling 2008

Advanced Enamel Techniques in Champleve and Basse-Taille, Goldsmiths Centre March 2019

Mount Making and Gypsy Setting, Goldsmiths Centre, August 2022

Teaching

Jewellery Making and Silverwork, Croydon Adult Education 2004 – 2016

Jewellery Making and Silverwork, own weekly class 2016 – 2020

Enamelling, own weekly class 2016 – 2020

Enamelling classes at FORGE, Leather Lane, EC1. Regular one day classes beginning September 2023 to date. 

Various other workshops and classes for British Society of Enamellers, Guild of Enamellers and more recently a talk online for American Enamelist Society. 

City Lit. Jewellery and Enamelling Tutor 2024 to date.

Memberships

Member of The Society of Designer Craftsmen

Craftsman of the Guild of Enamellers, (Chair in 1998)

British Society of Enamellers

The Sussex Guild

Association of Contemporary Jewellers (ACJ)

Awards and Prizes:

Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Designs Awards 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Peter Woolfe Cloisonné Cup: 1992,1996,2003,2004,2008, 2015, 2016, 2019.

Maureen Carswell Award 1992

Chairman’s Rosebowl 1992

Winner of the themed exhibition at the Guild of Enamellers conferences in 2008, 2000 and 2023

‘Enameller Elect’ at the Guild of Enamellers’ conference 2015

Croydon Council Awards 2015, Grade 1 Tutor

Publications

The Art of Crafts: Enamelling by Joan Bolton King; 2001 Croxford Press

Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox; Mark Fenn; 2017 Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Grains of Glass: A Global Community of Enamel Artists; Trish White; 2024 Bookababy

Exhibitions and Shows

I exhibit and sell my work with the Sussex Guild and take part in many of their shows. More recently I have began taking part in exhibitions with The Society of Designer Craftsmen as well as in exhibitions with Goldsmiths Craftsmanship and Design Council to celebrate award winning pieces in their annual competition.  I have also exhibited extensively with the Guild of Enamellers and British Society of Enamellers. Here are a few of my most recent events.

Heart of the Heat, British Society of Enamellers: School of Jewellery, Birmingham November – December 2013

Enamoured, British Society of Enamellers: Goldsmiths Centre October – November 2016; Assay Office, Birmingham November to February 2017; Academy of Makers, Freemans, Sheffield February – March 2017; Mid Wales Arts Centre March – April 2017.

Goldsmiths’ Awards Exhibition annually from 2020: Birmingham Assay Office 

Goldsmiths’ Awards Exhibition annually from 2020 at Goldsmiths Hall and Goldsmiths Centre, London

Six Sussex Artists, Selmeston, Sussex, October 2021

ACJ Meanings and Messages; Touring Exhibition, April 2022 – June 2023

FORGE Kaleidoscope Showcase, London, September 2023

Galeri Caernarfon, British Society of Enamellers, September – October 2023

FORGE Anniversary Showcase, London, January – February 2024

Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, Sussex Guild, May 2024

Enamel Matters: R.B.S.A. Birmingham, British Society of Enamellers, May 2024

Bankside Gallery, London, Society of Designer Craftsmen, November 2024