The modifications include flower shippo patterns where a lozenge or round piece of gold leaf is placed inside each shippo pattern element and yotsume (literally, four-eye) shippo patterns where lattice patterns and shippo patterns are combined.
応用パターンとして七宝の中に菱形や丸い截箔を施した花七宝や、格子文と組み合わせた四ツ目七宝などがある