Ikora
Ikora (named after the tropical plant Ixora ) is the name of a surface technology for metal and glass with which particularly artistic and colorful results can be achieved through the discoloration of the materials. In this technique, brass is discolored by fire patination and partial polishing, electroplating as well as by inlay techniques and enamelling . The technology was developed by WMF based on the Japanese model in the 1920s and was later protected as a trademark . The products are still popular collectibles today, mainly making cans, ashtrays, vases and metal plates.
literature
- C. Burschel, Heinz Scheiffele: WMF Ikora & Myra glasses: unique and serial art glass from the 1920s to 1950s = WMF Ikora & Myra glass: one-of-a-kind and mass-produced art glass from the 1920s to the 1950s. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-89790-189-7 .
- Carlo Burschel, Heinz Scheiffele: WMF Ikora-Metall: 1920s to 1960s, external artists and designers of the NKA of WMF AG, Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot ... = WMF Ikora metalwork: from the 1920s to the 1960s, external artists and designers for NKA at WMF AG, Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot. Modern arts and crafts and design in the 20th century. Vol. 2, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-89790-191-9 .