YUQIAN YANGDESIGNER MAKER
Cloisonné is a famous traditional handicraft in Beijing, also named as “Copper padding thread enamel”, shortened as “enamel” or“embedded enamel”. It is an utensil that is based on a copper mold, pinches soft flat copper wire into all kinds of decorative patterns, and then fill colored enamel glaze into the patterns. For it was popular in Jingtai period of Ming Dynasty, its craftsmanship is quite mature; its enamel glaze is mostly blue (pronounced as “lan” in Chinese), so it is called “Jingtailan”.
Cloisonné, also called Filigree Enamel with Copper Body, which appeared more than 600 years ago and was used for large household utensils and accessories, is one of the Beijing handicrafts with strong ethnic features.
By using gold, silver, copper and many other natural mineral materials as material raw, the Cloisonné could be regarded
as combination of different arts and techniques, such as painting, craft, sculpture, mosaic skill, glass melting technique,
metallurgical technique and etc. With exquisite and luxury designs revealing simplicity and elegance, the Cloisonné
possesses distinct ethnic characteristics and profound cultural connotation.
