The languor of Ilifia

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The workshop came up with the idea to create a collection of stained-glass tableware, where in addition to new ornaments and motifs drawn by artists in Russian folk tales, a thinner filigree was used, adding jewelry grace and weightlessness to precious products and requiring filigree work from jewelers and enamelers. One of the chosen directions was the tea fairy tale set "Tales of Cupid", created based on the Russian folk tale "The Frog Princess".

One of the chosen directions was the jam bowl Istoma of Ilifia. In ancient Greek mythology, Iliphia is the goddess of childbirth.

The jam bowl is made in one of the most refined and complex techniques of artistic enameling of stained-glass enamel, which appeared in Russia at the end of the XIX century.

The basis of the product is created from a 925 silver filigree. The soldered openwork ornament is a strong frame of the product. Stained-glass enamel puts color-by-color into the created silver ornament. Each enamel color has its own melting point - so the product undergoes multiple firing in muffle furnaces at temperatures of 720-760 degrees.

Enamel is a powder with an admixture of one or another metal oxide, which gives the enamel a certain color. After firing, such an alloy turns into a solid shiny mass with stable, bright colors.

Despite the apparent fragility, enamel works that have undergone high-temperature firing in a muffle furnace have retained a rich palette and brightness of colors for centuries. In color, shone, iridescence, stained-glass enamel has similarities with precious stones and, moreover, acts as a jewel on a par with them. And the undoubted advantage of art works with stained-glass enamels is their functionality.

Stained-glass enamel is one of the most difficult and time–consuming enameling techniques. It is rightfully considered the top of enamel art.