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Painting with glass, then daring fire to fuse it before it shatters.
means The craft of fusing powdered or ground glass onto a metal, ceramic, or glass surface by firing at high heat to create a smooth, hard, glossy coating, often in vibrant colors.
from From "enamel," which entered English from Anglo-Norman "enamailler," itself built from the prefix "en-" (to put on) plus "amail" — an Old French word for the glassy substance. The Old French root is generally traced back to a Germanic source related to "melt," a fitting ancestry for a material that must be melted to take hold.
- core material
- Powdered glass melted at 750 to 850 Celsius
- ancient roots
- Cypriot rings used it over 3,000 years ago
- cloisonné trick
- Thin metal wires cage each color separately
- fatal flaw
- One sudden temperature shift cracks it forever
- Fabergé fame
- Imperial eggs layered translucent enamel over engraved gold
for instance
limoges porcelain — french city famous for enamel painting on porcelain since the 18th century