enameling

A typical piece, says the label’s creative director, Beth Bugdaycay, especially one that necessitates demanding details like champlevé enameling, can pass between six to nine artisans with different types of expertise.

Over the course of its first decade, the offerings expanded to include classes in design, graphics, painting, enameling, architecture and experimental film.

June Schwarcz’s enameling incorporated a variety of materials and new techniques — and took inspiration from a number of cultures — as she created sculptures and wall-mounted pieces, bowls, boxes and other vessels well into her 90s.

Which is not to say that enameling has ended as a popular craft or that technical skills have withered.

So Mr. Gilbert replaced the sink, and enameled the tub himself, spending $2,500 for the new fixtures and plumbing, plus his own enameling time.