Cloisonne Enamel
Our cloisonné enamel section has how-to guides, histories, and articles on tools and materials. Enrich your jewelry with this traditional technique.
Enameling Techniques for Beginners
After you learn to apply enamels by sifting, wet packing, brushing on crackle and firing the base coats, you are...
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Cloisonne Primer – History of Cloisonne Technique
In the late 20s, a small enamel tray, made in China, introduced us to the word cloisonne. The material looked...
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Intro to Enameling: Cloisonne Pendant
For the last couple years the W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation has held "Intro to Enameling" workshops that are designed to...
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The Earliest Cloisonne Enamels
An island in the eastern Mediterranean, with a history of more than 8000 years, Cyprus was one of the earliest...
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Cloisonne Jewelry with 24k Wires
Merry-Lee Rae has been making jewelry since 1966 when she joined her father in the garage while he dabbled in...
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Georgian Cloisonne Enamel
In the conditions of world globalization, a big part of modern mankind realized how important human ties are to their...
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The Enamelwork of Jamie Bennett
It is a rare and most welcome event when a technical innovation is accompanied by an esthetic revelation. This is...
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Enameling Care and Considerations
The primary reason designer Amy Roper Lyons of Summit, New Jersey, began working in enamels is fairly black and white:...
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Making a Cloisonne Pendant Using Torch Fire
Cloisonné is a French word that means 'to be confined,' 'to be cloistered.' Traditionally, the cloisonné technique consists in making...
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Cloisonné Beads of Fine Silver
I have been making my cloisonne beads since 1996 in a variety of methods with fine silver and wires of...
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Gold Cloisonne Wire on Fine Silver
Susan Demski and I have developed a cloisonne technique for our jewelry, which ranges in size from 1/4" dia. to...
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Enamels in Medieval Galleries
The innovative Medieval Galleries, occupying a complete wing of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, have now been open...
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Wire Wrapping Enamel Pieces
Everyone has long seen gems wrapped in small wire cages with hanging devices, and more recently, the Dichroic glass pendants...
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Kenneth Bates: Dean of American Enameling
When I asked him who Kenneth Bates is, he laughed and replied "a simple dirt farmer from New England." However,...
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Joseph Trippetti – Cloisonne on Steel
When Joseph Trippetti returned from the Army in 1946, he studied for three years at Philadelphia College of Art and...
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The Jewelry of Patsy Croft
"Bright colors we can find only in nature, quality craftsmanship that will outlast the seasons, and a promise to do...
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Byzantine Enamel Works
The exhibition, mounted at the Royal Academy in London in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens, incorporates over 240...
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Felicia Liban and Learning to Enamel
While living in Little Neck, NY, during the mid-sixties, I took an enameling class at the local YWHA. It took...
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Teaching Enameling at the International Enamel Studio
One of the main tasks of the International Enamel Studio is to save our 1000 year-old enamel art and techniques...
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Cloisonne Cup – A Noble Chalice
Who has not dreamt of that nobly shaped chalice, enameled all over with immaculate transparents... maybe just one fine gold...
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The Enamelware of Sean Alton
My affair with precious metals began while working with my father a talented jeweler who worked with spring movement. He...
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2009 Radiance Enamel Exhibition
Gallery 21, an all-white exhibition space in Spanish Village, San Diego, California, became home to the enamel exhibition, RADIANCE from...
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The Enamelware of Ben Caldwell
Ben Caldwell is a painter, copper and silver smith, musical instrument builder, and inventor. He trained at the Studio School...
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Terry Gay Puckett: Retrospective Exhibition
Editor's Note: Terry's Retrospective Exhibition had more than 30 enamels. The Retrospective Catalog has 26 pages with 31 illustrations. There...
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The Enamelware of Tibor Kopocs
In 1987, some drawings I had made were exhibited (about 30 etchings) in Szolnok, Hungary. A friend of mine, László...
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