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Grisaille is an enameling technique that
uses only black and white. Two or more layers of black form
the ground and anywhere from 4 to 34 layers of white are used
to build up the highlights. Some of the best examples of this
technique come from the 15th century - you can see an example here.
Mine is considerably simpler - having
only 5-6 layers of white over 3 layers of black (with a final
fire or two for details and 3 layers on the back as well, that
makes 11-16 firings), and being embellished with a slight
tinting and metallic gold.
LOVERS
pieces are from a German manuscript called the Codex
Manesse which gives the biographies of famous poets and
depicts them in archetypal romantic pastimes.
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