On our way to the Great Wall we stopped at a Cloisonné factory. The tour guide said the bathrooms are much better at the factory than at the Great Wall ? right.
The factory tour was very interesting, though, and we were thankful and bought way too many (but very pretty) products. Cloisonné, whose history can date back to over 500 years ago, is a well-known traditional enamelware. It is actually called the "Blue of Jingtai" as blue is the dominant color adopted for enameling and cloisonné became prevalent during the reign of Jingtai (1450-1456) in the Ming dynasty.
The production steps for Cloisonné-making are: base-hammering, filigree soldering, enamel filling, enamel firing, polishing, and gilding. Here you see a worker at the first production step: cutting the copper and hammering the base structures.
Picture details: Exposure 1/20s, aperture 3.5, focal length 18mm, ISO 400, no flash, no tripod.
The entire China trip portfolio can be accessed through the ?China Trip 2004? link under ?Portfolio? at the top of this page are through http://www.usefilm.com/browse.php?portfolio_id=11979. More pictures to follow?
ver nice shot. looks great. however i dont like the small amount of action in the scene. Seems like it would have made a great picture even better if it you shot it at just a teeny tiny bit faster.
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