Lin Mei, a Beijing-born enamel artisan, has spent 18 years mastering the 1,200-year-old cloisonné technique. Her specialty? Translating nature’s fleeting beauty—a dragonfly’s wing, a peony’s blush—into eternal patterns trapped between translucent enamel layers.

Her process defies haste:
Hand-cut copper wires – She bends each contour freehand to create cells (cloisons) thinner than a sesame seed.
800°C baptisms – Every piece survives 5-7 firings; a single crack means starting over.
Mineral pigments – Grinded from azurite, malachite, and cinnabar, their hues deepen with each kiln journey.

Galleries from Paris to Kyoto stock her brooches and vases, yet Lin insists: “Enamel is fire and pigment writing poetry. I'm just the scribe.”