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Cloisonné

Cloisonnéis an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, and inlays of cut…

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Champlevé

Champlevé is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or…

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Ceramic glaze

Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating of a vitreous substance which has been fused to a ceramic body…

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Ceramic forming techniques

Ceramic forming techniques are ways of forming ceramics, which are used to make everyday tableware from teapots, to engineering ceramics…

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Came glasswork

Came glasswork are windows in which the individual flat glass pieces are framed by U- and H-shaped lead rods and…

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Burnishing pottery

Burnishing is a form of pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished, using a hard smooth…

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Brass rubbing

Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses – commemorative brass plaques found in…

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Boulle Work

Boulle Work is a type of rich marquetry process or inlay perfected by the French cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle (11…

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Body proportions in art

While there is significant variation in anatomical proportions between people, there are many references to body proportions that are intended…

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Bastar Wooden Craft

Bastar Wooden Crafts are traditional Indian wooden crafts that are manufactured in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state, India. The…

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