Recent Entries

• Upcoming Workshop

  by Michael Romanik August 9, 2013
  I will be conducting my first workshop this weekend at Flux Metal Arts in Mentor OH.  The focus is beginning cloisonne'.  The workshop will explain and show the steps involved in making a finished cloisonne' piece.    I'm hoping for a successful result and that I'll be invited to conduct a second wo...

• 37th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

  by Michael Romanik May 9, 2013
  At long last, I received an invitation to participate in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show!  I was elated on Tuesday to have read the "congratulations" in the e-mail message I received from the show's Women's Committee.  I lost count, but I believe this was the 18th year I applied to this sh...
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• Newspaper article

  by Michael Romanik May 1, 2013
  I was featured in today's issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, our city newspaper here in Cleveland OH.  An arts / style writer from the newspaper, who has since become a friend and customer, saw my work several years ago at a local holiday show.  She came up with the idea for a new weekly feature i...
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• This Afternoon!

  by Michael Romanik March 28, 2013
  I will be a featured guest on Jay Whaley's blogtalkradio program, "Metalsmith BenchTalk" TODAY, March 28, from 3 - 4 PM PST.  "Jay Whaley has been a successful metalsmith and teacher for over 36 years. For the past 8 years Jay has owned and operated a private jewelry making and metal arts studio loc...
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• Blogtalkradio interview

  by Michael Romanik February 8, 2013
  I will be a featured guest on Jay Whaley's blogtalkradio program, "Metalsmith BenchTalk" on Thursday, March 28, from 3 - 4 PM PST.  It's a month and a half away but I wanted to mention it while it's still fresh on my mind. "Jay Whaley has been a successful metalsmith and teacher for over 36 years.  ...
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• 30th Smithsonian Craft Show

  by Michael Romanik November 7, 2011
  After 17 years of applying, I'm am beyond overwhelmed by having been accepted to show my work at the 30th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington DC, April 19 - 22, 2012, the nation's most prestigious craft show.  I STILL don't believe that it's true, I keep checking my application status on Jur...
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• Jewelry Loupe article

  by Michael Romanik March 23, 2011
  I didn't know how to post this information on my page, so I'm posting it as a blog.  I was recently featured in an article on the Jewelry Loupe web site, along with cloisonne' enamelists Anne Besse-Shepherd and Ricky Frank.  The article was edited from a previous one that was published in the May 20...

• 2011 Creative Workforce Fellowship

  by Michael Romanik December 14, 2010
  I was recently honored to receive a 2011 Creative Workforce Fellowship, funded by Cuyahoga County, my county of residence, in the amount of $20,000. A panel of 7 out-of-state jurors reviewed 310 applications over a 4-day period. The pool of 310 was narrowed down to only 30 semi-finalists. From that ...
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