Jane Short

I have a great love and enthusiasm for the technique of enamelling, and this informs my teaching practice. I aim to give students an underlying understanding of the enamelling process, not only how to apply enamel to metal, but why these practises have evolved. This enables students not only to work within more traditional techniques but to work in a more experimental way if they wish. I encourage more experienced enamellers to push the boundaries of their practice, and to keep their dialogue with enamel lively and progressive.

I openly share the experience and enthusiasm that I have built up over 35 years of enamelling, encourage students to use enamel in a lively and interesting way. A beginner would gain a good grounding in basic enamelling techniques, and a more experienced enameller would have the opportunity to further refine their practical skills and time to explore possibilities.

Enamelling:- Cloisonné, Champlevé, Basse taille, wet laying.

Observation of the natural world, and life in general.
The possibilies that the techniques of enamelling offer, colour, pattern, how different colours look together, I have a constant dialogue with the enamel, which informs what I produce.

Studio Fusion, Oxo Tower. I also have pieces in several museum collections, such as the Ashmolean, Oxford,: the Queen’s Collection, V&A, National Museum of Scotland, London; Shipley Art Gallery and on my website.

Central school of Art and Design, Ba Hons, Jewellery Design
Royal College of Art, MA RCA

15 years at Central St Martins, also many other art colleges. Still teaching occasionally at De Montfort University, Leicester; and various other summer school course, most recently Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny workshops.