Cloisonne Lapel Pins
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Custom Cloisonné Pins
Our cloisonné pins are available for direct shipment to you
throughout the world. We provide custom designed pins and badges
to meet your needs. The ancient art of cloisonné, ching-t'ai-lan, is
still used in Taiwan to fabricate these high quality medals and pins
for collectors, giftware and promotional suppliers.
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Hard Cloisonné, also known as cloisonné enamel, is a centuries
old decorative art form of applying enamel of all colors to a copper
or bronze object molded into the required shape. The pattern
areas, outlined by a wire-like form, are filled with powdered colored
glass and hard fired at 1400 - 1500 degrees, then cooled and
another color added and fired again. Finally the piece is cooled,
hand ground by wet stone then polished and heated to bring back
the full luster of the glass. The item is then plated and inspected.
This process is now called “hard cloisonné”.
Soft Cloisonne
The soft enamel cloisonné is a similar process but uses a softer
enamel and is kiln fired to bring out the luster of the enamel. The
softer enamel can be used to produce more elaborate patterns and
color matches with a wide variety of colors available. The soft
cloisonné prices are about 10% less than hard cloisonné.
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