“Making [cloisonné] is incredibly time-consuming,” says Davies. “A single cloisonné bead can involve hundreds of hours.” Each bead is set with a gold wire inlay, which is then filled with glass enamel ...
For years I've been fascinated by your work and how it's accomplished. What exactly is cloisonne enamel? Enamel is the process of baking powdered glass onto base metal like copper, silver or gold.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I History -- 1.Early Enameling History -- 2.The Post-1830 Japanese Cloisonne Tradition -- 3.Technical and Stylistic Refinement, 1880 to 1915 -- 4.Expanding ...
Visitors admire cloisonne artworks on display at the showroom of Beijing Enamel Factory on June 28. JIA TIANYONG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Bent over a luminous vase of pink peonies, a young craftsman guided ...
Jewels! Jewels with floral and abstract designs, undulating curves, three-dimensional illusions, contemporary images and images that evoke the Middle Ages, Istanbul, the Orient. All are the work of ...
Painting on enamel appeared in Rostov Veliky (125 miles northwest of Moscow) in the 18th century. The handicraft got its second wind after the Russian Revolution in 1917, when local masters began to ...
Installation Mom Is Not Home II [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn] Artworks made with cloisonné enameling at the Beijing show are mostly by artists Wang Yuan, Su Jia and Chen Wen. The ...
Piaget has unearthed the Altiplano Skeleton Métiers d’Art watch, a stunning new timepiece that showcases the Maison’s dedication to blending artistic craftsmanship, high jewelry and Haute Horlogerie.