Japanese traditional crafts "Cloisonne"Was named because it is comparable to the seven gems that come up in Buddhist scriptures, but the vivid tissue of seven colors made by imagining such Cloisonne ...

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.

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 ...

What is cloisonne? I am interested in enamel artefacts from China, and keep coming across this term used for what appear to be enamel objects - yet they sell for far higher prices. What is the story ...

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 ...

“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 ...

In front of Zhao Nan are more than 500 plates containing powdered mineral materials in nearly 80 colors. Zhao, a 38-year-old woman with a hearing disability, started working as a craftsperson at the ...