Cloisonné is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people. In the historical changes of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the hard-working and intelligent craftsmen and craftsmen used their hands to create a splendid cloisonné culture. They use simple tools to hammer the copper plate to make a tire shape, hand-break the silk into various different types of patterns such as flowers, fill a variety of colored glazes with a small spatula, sinter the glaze on the copper tire with a furnace fire, visitors can also see the few cloisonne art treasures left at that time, and now the folk also circulate some cloisonne treasures of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Compared with the cloisonne products produced in the Ming Dynasty and the cloisonne products produced today, the difference between them is more obvious in our quality standards, and today's cloisonne has significantly improved the thickness of silk work, blue work, grinding work, appearance, polish, copper work, sand hole, etc. Because the conditions of production are many times better than in ancient times 500 years ago. The sand hole is reduced to a minimum, so that the product quality is greatly improved. Today's cloisonné is still handmade, through complex processes such as tire making, filigree, welding, spotting, blue-burning, polishing and gold plating.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the development of cloisonne has undergone the changes of the times and has developed greatly, including two categories: cloisonne and filigree cloisonne. Among them, cloisonne products are divided into two parts: Gemdale cloisonne and Randi cloisonne. Filigree cloisonne is divided into three parts: gold filigree, silver filigree and blue filigree cloisonne, and filigree cloisonne also includes gold ground filigree and silver ground filigree products. Cloisonné is loved by people all over the world and has become an indispensable decoration and long-lasting handicraft in home life.

In the early 80s, Master Zhang Tonglu, known as "the first person of Chinese cloisonné", obtained a national patent for the research and creation of "enamel platinum crystal". This kind of "enamel platinum crystal" breaks through the traditional cloisonné process, breaks the traditional metal carcass restrictions, and uses the traditional painting and decoration techniques of ink painting, Chinese painting and Western oil painting to create art on the plane to make cloisonné murals, cloisonne screens and other handicrafts. In 2013, Zhang Tonglu's new work "Splendid Future" was released in Beijing.

The main material of cloisonné is enamel. Most counterfeiters do not use expensive enamel and use other colored materials instead. The method of counterfeiting is: first make the bronze ware, and then use the copper wire as a pattern, fill in the color and then burn it with fire. Finally, it was used as an old method to make the appearance of an excavated old object. Color ingredients are generally several colors mixed together. Such as blue, that is, it is made of silver blue, hard blue, hard green, silver blue and black; Light green, then use silver blue, silver green, egg white yellow into powder, and then crush the hard yellow into yellow rice and mix it in it. After firing, it can be plated with gold, or with electroplating and then with fire, or it can be polished after plating, and it looks like the gold on the surface has been scratched, or it can be not gilded. As for polishing, use fine stones instead of charcoal. After these processes are done, apply a layer of dried apricot porridge to rust it. After dozens of days, the floating rust is wiped off, and then the surface is wiped with grease, and its color is no different from the old one.

From ancient times to the present, cloisonné has been a traditional Chinese export handicraft, and Japan's Shippo ware is an imitation of China's enamel process, which has a bright glaze, but does not have a filigree in the glaze. The vast majority of cloisonne seen on the market is new handicrafts, because the cloisonne process has not been interrupted since ancient times, and the output is getting bigger and bigger. The price of cloisonné of the new process is not very high, the most fundamental reason is overproduction, not too particular about the quality of the process, only a few cloisonné production process is exquisite, filigree fine, glaze bright, bright and bright, become the best gift for us to communicate with international friends and relatives and friends. The old cloisonné is rarely seen, and most of what can be seen is from the late Qing Dynasty. The cloisonné process of the Qing Dynasty has been improved compared with the Ming Dynasty, the tire is thin, the color glaze is also more vivid, and the sand hole is less, the pattern is also more complex and diverse than the Ming Dynasty, but it is not as vivid as the decoration of the Ming Dynasty, the gold ornament part is gold-plated, the gold water is thinner, but the gold is very beautiful. The cloisonne produced also has a special time-honored brand, like the "Lao Tianli" and "Dexingcheng" during the Republic of China, and the cloisonne process they made is extremely fine, with quality and quantity.

There is a process that is easy to mix with cloisonne called burnt blue, which looks no different from cloisonne, called "burnt blue" or "burned porcelain", but the glaze is not filigree, and it is a traditional export handicraft produced in Beijing. The tire of burning blue is thicker, heavier at hand, and painted with national style patterns, so that the price of burning blue will be higher, when collecting burning blue, we should pay attention to the choice of heavy tires, neat work, chic shape, tire thickness is better than the thin tires, the old ones are better than the new ones, the shape is similar to the enamel, there are bottles, plates, bowls, plates, bonsai pots, etc.

There are more cloisonné on the market as new than old, and they should be identified in the collection, and the best is the complete one, and the value of paired utensils will be higher, not the price of "1+". In storage, it is necessary to pay attention to protect the cloisonné filigree from being damaged, and the glaze should be complete, without bruises, and keep the glaze smooth and clean.

Cloisonne belongs to the folk traditional craft, and its value in the market is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more craft workshops engaged in cloisonne production and processing. The value of cloisonné depends on its coloring and craftsmanship. Cloisonne has a very high collection and tag value, Taihefang cloisonne - China's cloisonne private custom first brand, suitable for home, hotels, stations and other places.

Cloisonné craft painting is a reference to the traditional cloisonne process in the cloisonné, point blue and other processes, the cloisonné is made of aluminum wire (oxidized gold), the glue of the viscose is made of ordinary decoration glue, after the silk is glued, the oil painting shovel is used to mix the color sand and fill the color, and after the sand word is dry, the resin is used to seal the picture, and the glossy, matte, frosted and other picture effects are processed. The new blue cloisonne painting, in the traditional cloisonne process technology, combined with oil painting, Chinese painting, relief, color painting and other technologies to create a variety of effects such as silkless cloisonne painting, frosted cloisonne painting, luminous cloisonne painting, three-dimensional cloisonne painting. The new blue art cloisonne painting has gradually become a high-end interior decoration painting.

As a national intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance base, a demonstration base for productive protection, a Chinese time-honored brand in the industry, the largest and most professional enterprise in cloisonne production, Beijing Enamel Factory Co., Ltd. in the process of product innovation and development, focusing on exploring and broadening the application field of cloisonne technology, has made a historic breakthrough in indoor and outdoor architectural decoration, urban landscape engineering and other environmental art decoration, and has successively successfully produced the "Flowers Bloom and Wealth" cloisonne art large-scale fountain for the Kuntai Realm Hotel Plaza in Chaoyang District; designed and produced more than 80 square meters of "Melody of Life" large outdoor cloisonné fountain for the Chinese Art Treasures Museum; In 2006, the company designed and produced the world's largest large-scale Tibetan Buddhist supplies with a height of 3.21 meters and a diameter of 2.15 meters for the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Singapore. In 2006, it undertook the interior cloisonne craft decoration project of the special aircraft building of the capital airport, and more than 900 pieces of cloisonne jewelry and stainless steel frame were cleverly connected, showing the style of cloisonne art to VIPs at home and abroad, and it is a successful example of the combination of cloisonne art and interior decoration art. In 2011, the company undertook the 67.2-square-meter outdoor fountain project of Wangjing Kuntai Jiahao five-star hotel, completed the cloisonne decoration project of Longxi International Hotel in Huaxi Village, Jiangsu, and produced the largest single largest, most complex characters and most colorful Chinese style decorative painting for a high-end club so far - "Twelve Hairpins of Red Mansions", etc., which reflect the development trend of modern cloisonne and the technical strength of the enamel factory.

In addition, the company has also developed more than 60 kinds of environmentally friendly lead-free glazes and new glaze colors, and successfully developed and produced practical products such as Diaoyutai special table lamps, fruit plates, tissue boxes, outer packaging of Wuliangye wine, Zhang Yiyuan tea cans, Quanjude trays, etc., further expanding the application field of cloisonne to the outer packaging of high-end brand-name products.

From the blue calico of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River to the cloisonné with a blue background in Phnom Penh, in addition to the red and yellow colors that represent the wealth of the court, "blue" is another color element with the most Chinese characteristics. In recent years, cloisonné has always been the first choice for the national gift of great power diplomacy. Calling cloisonne the "quintessence of the country" can be said to be well deserved.

"String of pearls, cloisonné, jade exquisiteness can not be seen" refers to a kind of artifact with a faint blue light. It has the warmth of jade, the luster of jewelry, the delicacy of porcelain, and the splendor of gold and silver. It is the cloisonné of the four major flowers of arts and crafts. What is cloisonné? First of all, Jingtai is the year name of Zhu Qiyu in the recent hit drama "The Legend of the Female Doctor Ming Concubine". Cloisonné is definitely inseparable from Zhu Qiyu. This emperor...

From the blue calico of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River to the cloisonné with a blue background in Phnom Penh, in addition to the red and yellow colors that represent the wealth of the court, "blue" is another color element with the most Chinese characteristics.

In recent years, cloisonné has always been the first choice for the national gift of great power diplomacy. Calling cloisonne the "quintessence of the country" can be said to be well deserved.

Cloisonné, in fact, is cloisonné enamel.

This traditional craft, which originated from ancient Persia, is said to have been introduced to China via the Silk Road during the Tang and Song dynasties, and was originally called "copper tire cloisonné enamel".

Because it was widely popular during the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, and at that time it was the most outstanding with rich and gorgeous blue products, and it was called "cloisonne".

However, due to the extremely complex production process of cloisonné, it can be said that it costs people and money, and it has almost disappeared with the war in modern times. So much so that in recent decades, this traditional craft has begun to be revived.

Now you understand, cloisonné is actually China's inheritance and development of enamel technology.

It belongs to the enamel process, but it has its own Chinese style characteristics.

For example, the following are the combination of cloisonné traditional Chinese filigree craftsmanship, full of national style!

Most of the modern exquisite cloisonné jewelry is combined with the filigree process.

In addition to the common bracelets, pendants, and earrings, sachets are also very common styles as a household necessity for wealthy families in the old days.

In fact, cloisonné is no longer limited to the "blue" category. Look at the following brush wash is typical.

It can be said that now as long as we make enamel or jewelry in China, it can be called cloisonné no matter what color it is!

Cloisonné pen wash during the Republic of China

Today, modern enamel works are also very unique to the national style

Finally, if ......

You ignore all that precedes,

Just look at the following sentence to understand it all......

Yes, it's that amazing!

Just like someone called "dog egg" and a dog called "rhubarb",

Enamel has a very down-to-earth name, called-

"Enamel"

Yes, you're right, it's that down-to-earth......

Finally, Xiaoqi simply popularized the maintenance rules of enamel (tang) lang (ci) jewelry:

1. Don't collide! Don't collide! Don't collide! If you are familiar with enamel, you must understand.

2. Be careful not to contact acid, alkali and corrosive substances. Although enamel has a certain protective effect on the metal, it is also very fragile in itself.

3. Try to avoid moisture, especially when taking a bath. (This article does not include enamel pots, enamel cups, etc., after all, the materials used to make jewelry and crafts will be much higher...... ）

4. If your jewelry is dirty, wipe it with a soft cotton cloth or wool fabric.

"String of pearls, cloisonné, jade exquisiteness can not be seen" refers to a kind of artifact with a faint blue light. It has the warmth of jade, the luster of jewelry, the delicacy of porcelain, and the splendor of gold and silver. It is the cloisonné of the four major flowers of arts and crafts.

Because of its historical heritage and cultural connotation, cloisonne also has a nice name, called: Chinese blue. China blue is worthy of being a national treasure and shines with the world!