Please find the most popular enamelling techniques below. We hope this information will be useful for you. You can find full information about each technique on www.wikipedia.org. Good luck!

· "Basse-taille" from the French word means "low-cut". The surface of the metal is decorated with a low relief design which can be seen through translucent and transparent enamels.

· "Champlev" French for "raised field", where the surface is carved out to form pits in which enamel is fired, leaving the original metal exposed.

· "Cloisonn" French for "cell", where thin wires are applied to form raised barriers, which contain different areas of (subsequently applied) enamel.

· "Painted enamel" a design in enamel is painted onto a smooth surface. "Grisaille" and "Limoges enamel" are subcategories of painted enamel.

· Grisaille, French term meaning "greying", where dark, often blue or black background is applied, then Limoges (Limoges porcelain) or opalescent (translucent) enamel is applied on top, building up designs in a monochrome gradient, paler as the thickness of the layer of light colour increases.

· Limoges Enamel, made at Limoges, the most famous European centre of vitreous enamel production.

· Limoges porcelain, named after the town in France where it was invented, is the technique of "painting" with special enamel called "blanc de Limoges" over a dark enamelled surface to form a detailed picture, often as a human figure. It is a form of Grisaille.

· Plique-jour, for "braid letting in daylight" where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonn? but with no backing, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel. It has like a stained-glass appearance.

· Ronde bosse, for "round bump". A 3D type of enamelling where a sculptural form is completely or partly enamelled.

· Stenciling, where a stencil is placed over the work and the powdered enamel is sifted over the top. The stencil is removed before firing, the enamel staying in a pattern, slightly raised.

· Sgraffito, where an unfired layer of enamel is applied over a previously fired layer of enamel of a contrasting color, and then partly removed with a tool to create the design.

· Counter enamelling (a necessary step in many techniques) is to apply enamel to the back of a piece as well - sandwiching the metal - to create less tension on the glass so it does not crack