She Treads Softly: Cloisonne vases

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Cloisonne vases

This is my first Cloisonne vase. I love it.

Front detail

Back detail

Isn't it pretty! I always thought it would be my favorite but...

This is my second vase. I love it.

See the pretty little birds?

Look how pretty it is... see all the intricate details on this one?

It's hard to say which one is my favorite now. I guess I love them both the same, just like I love Wonder Boy and Just Me the same.

Just me likes the sparkles in the new vase's enamel.

Thanks to Just Me for taking the pictures so I could share my vases with you.

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1. Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.

2. Give him enough direct quotation--at least one extended passage--of the book's prose so the review's reader can form his own impression, can get his own taste.

3. Confirm your description of the book with quotation from the book, if only phrase-long, rather than proceeding by fuzzy precis.

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