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Enamels have not been a major Western art form for centuries. But in the Middle Ages and even into the early Renaissance, fusing a vitreous colored glaze to a metal surface under intense heat was a ...

The Chinese enameling called cloisonne has been made for centuries. A thin metal wire is bent into shape on a metal vase and soldered into place. Then colored enamels are floated in to fill each space ...

The Chinese enameling called cloisonne has been made for centuries. A thin metal wire is bent into shape on a metal vase and soldered into place. Then colored enamels are floated in to fill each space ...

Did you ever imagine that copper and steel, glazed with colour and put through fire, could be art? Metal enameling is finding favour in Delhi. Damini Purkayastha tells more. Did you ever imagine that ...

Baltimore artist Angela Franklin wants to dispel a myth. “People have this feeling that drawing is innate,” says Ms. Franklin, whose primary medium is enamel. “People believe that you are just born ...