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Shows and Exhibitions
Plique-à-Jour Enamels - Miniature Stained Glass
For information on upcoming CLASSES , SHOWS, or EXHIBITIONS,
please send me an email through my website Contact page.
If you would like to schedule private instruction (your studio
or mine), or are a member of a group who would like to set up a
class in plique-a-jour enameling, please visit my Contact
page and send me an email with questions or details.
2012 Schedule of Classes
February 11-12, 2012 Miami, FL Pierced Plique-a-Jour $375.
Hotel rate of $145/night
February 18-20, 2012 Miami, FL Wirework/Filigree Plique-a-Jour
$575.
Hotel rate of $149/night
July 4-5, 2012 Miami, FL Pierced Plique-a-Jour $375.
Hotel rate of $99/night
July 6-8, 2012 Miami, FL Wirework/Filigree Plique-a-Jour $575.
Hotel rate of $99/night
October 6-8, 2012 Miami, FL Wirework/Filigree Plique-a-Jour
$575.
Hotel rate of $129/night
October 13-14, 2012 Miami, FL Pierced Plique-a-Jour $375.
Hotel rate of $129/night
Classes will be limited to 10 students. Full payment is due
with registration.
A list of tools and materials needed for the class will be sent
upon receipt of your registration form.
The above classes are scheduled to be held at the Courtyard
Miami Dadeland Hotel in Miami, Florida. The hotel provides a
complimentary shuttle to and from the Miami International Airport
(MIA) on request. There is a $11/day parking fee at the hotel. The
hotel will also offer us a group rate (booked though the instructor)
should you need a place to stay (rates listed after each class).
There are other hotels in the area should you care to stay elsewhere.
The hotel is located within walking distance of many restaurants
and the Dadeland Shopping Mall.
To request further information and a registration form, please
use the contact link.
Diane will also be teaching wirework/filigree plique-a-jour for
the International Guild of Miniature Artisans (IGMA) in Castine,
Maine from June 9-15, 2012. Check out IGMA
GUILD SCHOOL for more information.
2012 Show Schedule
April 20-22, 2012 Tom Bishop Chicago International, Chicago
Marriott O'Hare, 8535 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois
Publications
- "Dollhouse
Miniatures", December 2007 (lighting article)
- "Best
of America Glass Artists & Artisans Vol 1, 2007 Kennedy
Publishing
- "Best
of Florida Artists & Artisans 2006 Kennedy Publishing
- "American
Miniaturist", August 2006, No 40
- "Dolls
House and Miniature Scene", July 2006, No 145
- "Miniaturas
- Construcción & Coleccionismo", Año 11, No 102, February
2006
- The
Art of Enameling (Techniques, Projects, Inspiration)
by Linda Darty, Copyright 2004, ISBN 1-57990-507-2
- Art
Jewelry Today by Dona Z. Meilach, Copyright 2003,
ISBN 0-7643-1766-0
- "Lapidary
Journal", December 2002
- "ArtSpirit
Magazine", Winter 2002
- The
Art of Fine Enameling by Karen L. Cohen, Copyright
2002, ISBN 0-8069-7869-4
- "American
Style" magazine, Fall 2002
- Object
Lessons (Original Art from Guild Artists), Copyright
2001, ISBN 1-893164-11-X
- "Glass
on Metal" Enamelist Society Magazine, Volume
20, No. 3, June 2001
- "Metalsmith"
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Magazine, Volume 20, No. 4, Exhibition in Print 2000
- "ArtCrowd"
Magazine, Spring 2000
Professional Affiliations
Instructors, Mentors, and All-Around Very Important
People in my Metal/Enamel Education
Pete Acquisto, Donna Buchwald, Mary Chuduk, John Cogswell, Chuck
Dolgos, Shirley Drevich, Tom Ellis, Ricky Frank, Bill Helwig, Cathy Holt, Lynne Hull,
Charles Lewton-Brain, Betty Helen Longhi, Philippe Moutardier, Tom
Muir, Komelia O'Kim, Sarah Perkins, David Pimentel, Merry Lee
Rae, Fay Rooke, John Satterfield, Jean Stark, Lori Talcott, Rachelle
Thiewes, Valeri Timofeev, Susan Wood, and Valentin Yotkov.
A very special thank-you to Valeri Timofeev - for sharing
his world of plique-a-jour.
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