Coral, Cameos and Jewels
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“Scoppare” the shell Cornaiola is the art to cut the shell with precision to draw pieces of it to engrave Cameos. The part that he/she remains will be used for creating objects you launch, ashtray, paperweight, figurines.
The first phase of the workmanship consists in the choice of the shell.Subsequently he passes to the scoppatura, or to the cut of the most convex part of the shell, her “cup”; then he proceeds to the marking and the sagomatura of the cut...
The Assocoral is the National Association of Coral Manufacturers, Cammei and Affine Materials; Goldsmiths, Traders, Business Agents and Designers of Jewelery and Objects with Coral, Cammei and Affine Materials components. The Association promotes...
Qui su l’arida schiena del formidabil monte sterminator Vesevo”, in un meraviglioso meriggio primaverile, ho incontrato Michele Scala , colui che viene riconosciuto universalmente quale ultimo dei “grandi della gliptica” d’ispirazione classico...
A cameo is a kind of jewel obtained through the incision of a shell or a layered stone. The art of carving a cameo, also called glyptics, is to represent mythological scenes or deities on a stone, a shell or on other suitable material. The incision...
The origin of coral is explained by several legends, the most likely of which is Ovidio’s, the famous Roman poet, one. Ovidio claimed the red coral came from the blood of a female monster, named Medusa, a Gorgon, when Perseus beheaded her. In Greek...
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