Re: [CR]Re: Cloisonne goodness from Cinelli (er, correction)

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Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 22:25:31 -0700
From: "Tam Pham" <terminaut@gmail.com>
To: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Cloisonne goodness from Cinelli (er, correction)
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On 7/7/07, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> In the true sense it doesn't matter how the partitions are made.
> They can be made in a casting process, a stamping process, or an
> etching process. When the word cloisonne is used by the general
> public they would be referring to something inlayed with fired
> translucent or opaque glass, not paint.

I think it does matter how the partitions are made, though. Unbeknownst to me prior to yesterday, cloisonne seems to imply techniques that involve attaching patterns to the substrate material to create the partitions/cloisons. By removing that step there really are no cloisons to speak of.

A couple of good references I've come across:

http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9360986/cloisonne http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/Cloisonne.htm

Tam Pham
Huntington Beach, CA - USA