19/10/2026
One flat wire. One pair of tweezers. About a day of work.Filigree inlay (花丝镶嵌) is one of the eight great crafts of old Beijing — its roots reach back to the Warring States period, it peaked in the Ming and Qing courts, and in 2008 it was named a national intangible cultural heritage.Every joint is painted with solder paste thin as a thread, fused in a single pass of flame, then set with a turquoise dome.ORIENTGEM works with workshops that still make pieces this way.https://orientgem.com/collections/silver-jewelry
