May 4
The Orchard’s Wound
Based on an off-screen scene from Retired Assets 1-5 “Broken Things Can Be Mended Anew”
Process here and here
(The WIP name was Link Appleheart)
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The Orchard’s Wound
Based on an off-screen scene from Retired Assets 1-5 “Broken Things Can Be Mended Anew”
Process here and here
(The WIP name was Link Appleheart)
Alt version below:
Four-leafed glass door made by the Catalan artisan, carpenter and stained-glass maker Frederic Vidal around the year 1900. He was a master of the cloisonné technique of stained glass.
Some more of his work, all made around 1900:
And a beautiful example of his furniture:
(By the way, Frederic Vidal was the brother of the Modernist painter Lluïsa Vidal).
All the photos in this post are by the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), who exhibits his work.
#Caturday 🐱:
Cloisonne Enamel Cat Effigy
China, 20th c.
H 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.), W 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Hey if you like old jewelry please watch out for cloisonne. Some of it is concerningly radioactive.
If anyone remembers my radium watch adventure, that was thousands of times less radioactive than some cloisonne jewelry.
The radioactivity comes from uranium used in certain enamel colors, especially shades of cream and orange.
For those of us who don't know much about antique jewelry, cloisonné looks like this:
~ Fibula with an Enamel Bust.
Culture: Langobardic
Date: A.D. 7th century
Period: Early Medieval
Medium: Cloisonne enamel on gold.
CLOISONNÉ JAR - Meiji period, 1846-1927, JAPAN
The Diner necklace, Laura Fortune
Cloisonné enamel, 2025
A French 'Japonisme' Gilt & Patinated Bronze & Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Table By Ferdinand Barbedienne,
The Design attributed to Edouard Lievre, Paris, Circa 1870, the Cloisonné Qing Dynasty, 19th Century,
The rectangular top with turquoise ground elaborately decorated with colorful flora, fauna, feathers and foliate scrolls, set in cloud-form pierced gallery, raised on cluster-column bamboo-style stem adorned with dragons, with further bamboo-style supports and similar base with outscrolled feet, signed F. Barbedienne to base.
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 34 in. (87 cm.), 22 in. (56 cm.) deep.
Courtesy: Christie's