‘The company is all
about passion for the art
and craft of enamelling
and silkscreen printing’
furnace at 800°C. Subsequent layers of colour are
applied in the same way. Then the silkscreen printing
takes place and the product is ready to be checked
for mistakes, before going into the furnace again for
the final firing.
‘All three designs were in line with our regular work,’
says Vanden Borre, ‘with some technical tweaks here
and there.’ The Space Popular design was the most
challenging, he adds, because of its many colours and
being three-dimensional. The real challenge, though?
‘The deadline!’ he says. Not that any of this fazed
Émaillerie Belge’s experienced team of specialists; after
all, the works in progress were a constant reminder of
the value of positive thinking. ∂
spacepopular.com; pointsupreme.com; bureau-spectacular.net;
colophon-foundry.org ; emailleriebelge.com. Seen on page 170,
‘Take your pleasure seriously’ quote by Charles Eames.
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