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NAMFLEG Jewelry: Rare and Precious

NAMFLEG jewelry is a love story between silver and fire enamel. Our artisans have combined precious metal and melted glass and put some warmth and tenderness into each piece.

Cloisonné enamel technique is the most sophisticated and laborious of all enamel techniques. It’s about creating a unique pattern on the jewelry piece by soldering a hair-thin gold or silver wire. After that enameller places the powdered enamel into each cloison and fires the piece in a kiln at 800°C. Enamel fills in all cloisons, melting into a colored glass – a timeless piece of art.

Our fundamental principle and guarantee of quality is dedication and passion for creating beautiful things. Each NAMFLEG piece can be proudly proclaimed as unique and one of its kind. Explanation to this is natural origins of material and manufacturing technology based on 100% handmade production.

THE ORIGINS

Namfleg enamel jewelry continues traditions of Egyptian and Byzantine artists from the Carl Faberge’s workshop. Just as it was 140 years ago, all jewelry pieces are handmade by highly skilled artisans.

IDEA AND SKETCH

Work on each article starts with drawing a sketch inspired by masterpieces of world art and sculpture. Along with creating a drawing we make a wax model, which will be a product prototype.

METAL CASTING AND SETTING OF SILVER WIRES

Basing on the given sketch artisan casts precious metal making a piece of jewelry. Then he adds compartments (cloisons in French) to the metal object by soldering silver or gold wires and in that way forming a unique ornament.

ENAMEL APPLYING

Selected enamel plates are ground to fine powders and then color testing on silver is made. On the next stage enameler places the fine colored powder into each cloison and puts the piece into a kiln.

FIRING

Enamel pieces are fired in the kiln at about 800°C. Enamel evenly fills in all the cloisons, melting into a colored glass – a timeless piece of art. During the firing process enamel in the cloisons sinks down a lot, so this process is repeated several dozen times until all cloisons are filled to the top of the wire edge.

POLISHING AND GALVANIZATION

The final step is polishing. It is at this stage the jewelry piece gains unsurpassed brilliance and beautifully catches the light. To preserve the appearance each piece is gold or rhodium plated.

WHEN YOU’RE PUTTING IT ON

In the past only the elite could afford to hold and wear enamel jewelry. Nowadays this opportunity is open to everyone, though only those who really value beauty and skillfulness of artisans can appreciate these pieces.