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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.

2013 Schedule of Classes

May 4-6, 2013 Miami, Florida Two Dimensional (flat) Pierced and Wirework Filigree Plique-a-Jour Class - $600 Kit - $100

May 7-11, 2013 Miami, Florida Three Dimensional Wirework Filigree Plique-a-Jour (bowl form) Class - $1100 Kit - $200

Classes will be limited to 8 students. $100.00 deposit 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. 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 8-14, 2013. Check out IGMA GUILD SCHOOL for more information.

2013 Show Schedule

April 19-21, 2013 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

• Enamel Guild South (EGS)
• The Enamelist Society
• Florida Craftsmen
• Florida Society of Goldsmiths (FSG)
• International Guild of Miniature Artisans (IGMA) "Artisan"

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.