On Jul 7, 2007, at 10:25 PM, Tam Pham wrote:
> On 7/7/07, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net > wrote:
> In the true sense it doesn't matter how the partitions are made.
> They can be made in a casting process, a stamping process, or an
> etching process. When the word cloisonne is used by the general
> public they would be referring to something inlayed with fired
> translucent or opaque glass, not paint.
>
>
> I think it does matter how the partitions are made, though.
> Unbeknownst to me prior to yesterday, cloisonne seems to imply
> techniques that involve attaching patterns to the substrate
> material to create the partitions/cloisons. By removing that step
> there really are no cloisons to speak of.
>
> A couple of good references I've come across:
>
> http://concise.britannica.com/
> http://iweb.tntech.edu/
>
> Tam Pham
> Huntington Beach, CA - USA
I'm talking about general usage of the term Tam. So I guess we can agree to disagree also.
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
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