Arts and crafts master Zhong Liansheng works on a vase. (Photo provided to China Daily) A major exhibition on cloisonne enamel opened in Beijing on July 17 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the ...

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.

“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 ...

A few factors combine to make cloisonne, an enamel finish using wires to separate different colors, unique. First, it is Chinese, although some claim it has some Byzantine influence with Mongol ...

As a painter, Le Ann Gehring-Ryan always wonders how she can take her work to the next level. A longtime jewelry artisan, she discovered an art form that combined her two worlds, cloisonné enamel. The ...

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 ...

Question: A distant relative lived in Asia during the 1930s and while there collected several pieces of cloisonne. Can you tell me more about this type of collectible? Are the pieces I have worth ...