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  • Cloisonné
    "I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music." - Joan Miro, Painter.


    The term "Cloisonné" comes from the French word "cloison" meaning a partition or wall.  Thin strips of wire are applied to an enameled surface in a...  more
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    • Last updated October 6, 2015
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Cloisonné

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  • Last Post by Leszek Kralka
    October 17, 2015

    Finishing Cloisonné - by Edmund Massow

    Trish White - February 17, 2010 - 1 reply
    I grind the cloisonné work with an electrical machine with diamond bands until grain 800-1000. Then lapping the enamelled surface with a felt wheel and Cer-oxide. That produce a silk-like surface. After wet cleaning and drying the surface, I warm up t...
  • Last Post by Leszek Kralka
    October 17, 2015

    Pin Holes in Cloisonné - - Edmund Massow

    Trish White - February 18, 2010 - 3 replies
     If you after grinding anf refiring have pinholes in the glossy enamel surface, you can't conceal it. In this case, only filling the holes, refiring, grinding, refiring helps. If you accept a silk-gloss, there are some possibilities. 1) Fill the holes ...
  • Last Post by Leszek Kralka
    October 17, 2015

    cloissonie coloring

    aarti chordia - June 22, 2011 - 3 replies
    hieee.....i previously have been doing cloissonie....i started with doing jus 1 layer of enamel colors withing the wires. then i started doin layer by layer...ie. i used to fill colors once and fire....and again fill colors and fire until i achieve proper...
  • Last Post by Garfield Stinvil
    October 3, 2015

    Cloisonné Pages

    Garfield Stinvil - October 3, 2015 - 0 replies
    Japanese Goldstone Goldstone Enamel - was a popular Japanese semi-translucent brown enamel used in cloisonné, with silver or copper particles, or dust embedded in the enamel. It gave a brilliant 3 dimensional… AKASUKE - AKASUKE is a red J...
  • Last Post by Deleted Member
    June 25, 2015

    OPAQUES AND CLOISONNE ON COPPER - SONDRA HIRSSIG

    Trish White - February 23, 2012 - 16 replies
    Hi Everyone, Working for the first time with opaques.  Starting a piece that I have questions about.I plan on doing a face where the lines are cloisonne.  I want the backround black.  Recent experiment I used clear on the surface first (copper) then added...