Plique-a-jour

Plique-a-jour, in French, means "applied to carved spaces" or "membrane where daylight passes through". The 'plique-a-jour' enameled jewelry is endowed...

There are a number of methods for plique a jour, a filigree technique that allows light to shine through the...

Interested in illuminating my work and using experimental techniques, I came across copper mesh. There are many kinds of mesh,...

This article Amy Roper Lyons offers two things: a Plique-a-Jour pictorial and three safety tips when handling or working with...

This is a HIDI, (How I Do It). It is not the only way to make a piece like this,...

The sun rises over the tree line and spreads its light across the fields. The horse, donkey, and pot-bellied pig...

Reviving the virtually dead enameling technique plique-à-jour, which means "the light of day as seen through a membrane," has been...

My affair with precious metals began while working with my father a talented jeweler who worked with spring movement. He...

One glorious morning in June, my husband and I set out on a trip to the small Dutch town Ravenstein...

Jewelry artist Leila Tai is renowned for her extraordinary one-of-a-kind pieces celebrating perfection in nature and for her masterful use...

What fun for me to reminisce about our early friendship: Tamara Sergijenko from Tallin, Estonia and I from middle America!...