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 ...

“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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cloisonné is a colored enamel that is applied to a base of metal or porcelain. Metal bases are more serviceable, but they can be damaged through denting. Porcelain is more fragile, ...