“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.

“There are maybe one or two factories in China that can still do it at this level,” designer Marc Newson says of cloisonné, the ancient technique of inlaying enamel into dainty patterns on metal.

Cloisonne is an art technique that features complex patterns, complicated manufacturing procedures, and a gleaming glaze. It is a cultural convergence of the East and the West and is now one of ...

"Pearl strings, cloisonné and jades are beautiful and ever eye-catching" - the old popular saying mentions three among Yanjing's (Old Beijing) eight featured artworks. Cloisonné, one of the most ...

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 ...

AMA, Aichi Prefecture--Yuuki Tamura, the fifth-generation proprietor of a long-established cloisonne ware studio here, worries deeply about the future of the traditional craft, particularly a lack of ...

Zhang Tonglu is a nation-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of cloisonne. Ancient Chinese cloisonne is a cultural icon of Beijing, and visitors often marvel at these truly fine art pieces.

Cloisonné, one of China's intangible cultural heritages, originated from Europe and introduced to China through the legendary Silk Road. For hundreds of years, cloisonné was an expensive form of art ...

Appraisal: Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Vases, ca. 1890, from Detroit Hour 1. In Detroit Hour 1, Robert Waterhouse appraises Japanese Meiji Cloisonné vases, ca. 1890.