Painstakingly Creating Beauty

Cloisonne basically involves bending tiny copper wires into shape, gluing them onto a copper vessel and then filling in the gaps with enamel. The results can be quite breathtaking.

Looking for Luke, March 28 (Part 2)

April 1st 2008
Or: We think there is a pattern here, but can’t quite put our finger on it (or, if you would like a more classical theme, On Shopping). After the Great Wall, we went on our scheduled tour of the government-owned cloisonné factory and lunch. Becky, Pam and I had already begun to suspect that there was some kind of arrangement between the tour company and the government. Our first bit of evid ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Great Wall of China

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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