“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 ...

Guan Dian and her husband, Li Jinglong, run cloisonne workshops in Beijing. [Zou Hong/China Daily] About eight years ago, Li Jinglong and Guan Dian visited the Palace Museum in Beijing. Like many ...

“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 ...

Cloisonné is a French word, but it’s used to describe an art-making technique that now exists virtually world-wide. The ancient method of decorating metalwork objects using gemstones, glass, or ...

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.

Metalwork has been decorated using the cloisonne technique for centuries in both Asia and Europe. Objects of many kinds, such as vases, plates, bowls and pendants for jewelry, as well as great ...

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 ...

On January 28, Christie’s in London will auction a large Japanese cloisonné enamel charger as part of its “Christie’s Interiors” sale. Cloisonné is an enamel technique in which metal wires are welded ...

21ST CENTURY ENAMELING: Mary Chuduk's "Veiled." If you’re going to make a painting, why make it with glass on copper? Why go through the complicated process of working with a medium that you must melt ...