Model wearing cloisonné enamel hoop earrings by Anousheh

Cloisonne Enamel Jewellery

Handmade with meticulous attention to detail,
each piece holds a unique story

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Technique

Cloisonné enamel is an ancient technique to decorate metal that consists of soldering delicate metal strips bent to the outline of a design and filling the resulting cellular spaces with glass powder or vitreous enamel paste. The object is then fired or heated in a kiln (750° to 830°C), ground smooth, and polished to a shiny result.

The first cloisonné enamel was developed in the Middle East for small jewellery pieces such as rings and brooches. In the jewellery of ancient Egypt, gem stones or glass paste were used inside the forms. Later, the Byzantines perfected a unique form of cloisonné icons. From Byzantium or the Middle East, the technique reached China in the 13th–14th centuries; the first written reference is in a book of 1388, where it is called “Dashi ware.”

The Japanese also produced large quantities in the mid-19th century of very high technical quality. In Japan, cloisonné enamels are known as shippō-yaki.

Russian cloisonné from the Tsarist era is also highly prized by collectors, especially from the House of Fabergé or Khlebnikov, and the French and other nations have produced small quantities.

Anousheh Orumehchi
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About the artist

Anousheh Orumehchi is a jewellery designer specializing in Cloisonné enamel. She was born in Iran and got her degree in graphic design at Sooreh Art University. This gave her the chance to develop her creativity and knowledge to follow her passion for wearable art.

In the years following university, she started to learn clay jewellery techniques. After finishing the course, due to the limitations of the work, she started traditional jewellery making courses which eventually became her profession until she left Iran in 2013. Her passion for jewellery design and love of traveling in her life gave her new perspectives, which led her to learn new skills in the name of cloisonné enamel.

In 2016, after two years of traveling, she settled down in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she started to hone her cloisonné enamel techniques. Her travels in Southeast Asia opened her eyes, and getting acquainted with ethnic hill tribes was a spark for her. In 2016, she designed a clothing collection consisting of very unique hill tribe fabrics, which influenced her jewellery designs as well. Since then, she has started getting inspiration from cultures and nature in her jewellery designs.

The result was her first cloisonné enamel collection, named Persian Garden, which came from inspiration from Gol-o-Morgh (Rose and Nightingale) paintings. Eslimi collections, which were inspired by Eslimi motifs and Persian Eslimi tiles, were the next collections. Innovation in her Eye collection design made it very popular among her followers. For her Blue Wave collection, she got inspired by underwater life. She made her scuba diving memories into a jewellery collection to share the underwater beauty with us.

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Contact

Please contact me for prices and availability. For pieces that are not in stock, I must ask your patience, as each item is completely and painstakingly made by hand. I may not be able to start on your piece immediately if there are other orders in progress. You can also buy custom-designed pieces that will be uniquely yours.

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+44 7904 764723
Location
Leeds, UK