CLOISONNE HARD ENAMEL PINS: Our cloisonne hard enamel pins are jewelry quality pins. They are a bit more expensive, but they are worth every penny if you need a very high quality pin. These pins are struck from brass or copper and then plated with your choice of plating. All of the colors are then filled with a special enamel or glass, and then baked until the enamel or glass has melted and formed into the recessed areas of the pin perfectly. Then the pins are buffed flat on a large buffing stone. This makes the surface of the colors and the metal perfectly smooth and even, meaning that the surface of these pins is smooth to the touch without having to add an epoxy coating.
Hard enamel pins are die-struck pins with color applied using a small brush or needle. Thin metal lines separate each of the colors on your pin. Hard enamel pins are heated to a high temperature and then polished, creating a bright, smooth, hard enamel finish. For an embossed look where you can feel the texture of the design, select soft enamel pins instead.
SOFT ENAMEL PINS
ANTIQUE FINISH PINS