"The juror for RADIANCE, Linda Darty, had her work cut out for her as she studied the entries, over and over, to finally arrive at a cohesive and outstanding show that exemplifies the up-and-coming and the best of contemporary enameling entries for this show.
The exhibition amplified the diversity of the metal forms that can carry enameling and the myriad of methods that can be used to apply the glass to the metal. As people moved throughout the gallery they were gently invited to peruse small intimate objects of adornment that quietly reminded them that traditional techniques continue to be alive and beautiful, then, sometimes immediately, be confronted with a 'jump-out-at-you' enameled piece that loudly and forcefully demanded their attention and pushed its way into the contemporary enamel world...
As in every show, there is the, 'How did she do that?' In this case the question was asked of PRUDY SMITH'S huge, heavy, forms, partially enameled and apparently alive. I am sure that they came down off the wall when the lights were out and walked around the gallery floor on their 'tentacles.' Somehow they repositioned themselves each night so that they were in their allotted space on the wall by the time the gallery opened each day."
(Review of RADIANCE Exhibit, sponsored by the San Diego Enamel Guild, October 3-25, 2009. Glass on Metal, December 2009, Vol 28, #5: p.111)
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