Enameling for Beginners

Facilitator: Meghan R. Salgaonkar

April 5 to 8, 2006 | 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Sea View Room, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

This workshop will introduce to participants the materials, methods and techniques of enameling on a copper plate. Each participant will be given a material kit, including readymade colors and tools, and will be guided by the course coordinator to a set of exercises, which will involve design of the plate and the actual enameling process, culminating with a ready designed plate for each participant.

Meghan R. Salgaonkar is a faculty member, Metal Work Department, J.J. School of Art, Mumbai, and a professional enamelist. He has actively participated in national and international enameling workshops, biennales, exhibitions and symposiums in Russia, Australia, Hungary, Japan and Mumbai. He is a member of the Enamelist Society of India, and his collections are at the Rostov Kremlin Museum- Russia, The “Khors” Enamel Art Gallery, Russia, and The Hungarian Enamel Center, among others.