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Then these tiny wire shapes had to be filled with enamel powder, which takes a very deft touch to not spill outside the outlines...then briefly put into a kiln until just the right temperature was reached [ever peered into a hot kiln? could you gauge temperature by eye?], then ground down by hand with a series of pieces of abrasive rocks,not a lathe, then re-filled with more enamel powder, then ground down... then re-filled, then ground down...steps repeated until all the colors were present and at a level above the wires, then the final grinding and hand polishing.
Most of us couldn't draw these tiny designs with a pencil.
Pic is of an artist hero. The link is a fascinating read.