Enamel artwork is a surface for many settings. It is ideal in domestic and commercial environments, or in placed in the realms of public art. Work can be made to a variety of sizes and can be commissioned to fit a bespoke situation.
It provides not only a highly visual response to a given brief but is also : Hygenic - can be cleaned with bacterial sprays.
Durable - hard wearing and weather resitant.
Lightfast - enamel colours are permanet and will not fade.
Fire proof - steel panels can withstand temperatures up to 800C
Graffiti proof - enamel surfaces can be treated with solvents that will not affect the graphics.
Tactile – will withstand being touched and handled in public spaces.
Also - suitable for interior or exterior installation.
Large scale enamels are produced on workshop visits to A J WELLS a leading manufacture of enamel products and signage, which is sited in the Isle of White, or at the enamel facilites at the Enamel Research Center The University of the West of England, in Bristol.
Artworks are normally wall based, however it is also possible to create curved surfaces and three-dimensional forms i.e. columns / free standing pieces. Enamel artworks are fired onto copper or steel. Steel is suited for large-scale pieces due to it's strength. Copper is generally used on smaller/medium sized pieces and has additional characteristics within it's colour and surface range.
Small/medium artworks are fired in my own workshop and are available as individual pieces, which can be installed in single or multiple sets to cover any area required. Supported on wood panels, medium sized artworks are composed of fired enamels on metal that are pieced together to form larger pieces.