Mar
5
2019
William Bailey & Lisa Bailey
We are the sole creators of the precious metal jewelry in which we set our enamels and precious/semi-precious stones. We have worked as a husband/wife team for twenty-three years. We hand pick our stones from within and outside the U.S. The cloisonne jewelry is our latest signature work that we perfected and stylized over the past ten years. Our designs are abstract colorful shapes that are inspired by late 1st century modern art. We sketch our designs and then render them in vibrant enamels using the cloisonne, champleve and limoge techniques.The process of our enameled jewelry involves many steps. Generally a nickel-sized piece takes about 8 hours from it’s beginning to completion. First, we shape the silver and texture it. we contour the silver cloisonne wires into a design and imbed it into a base coat of enamel. Then we separately apply each color in the different sections. Sometimes we include an additive for texture, variety and uniqueness. We fire each generation of color in our kiln at 1500 degrees. Finally, we finish each piece into a distinct and colorful work of art to be worn as an adornment.