Coral, Cameos and Jewels

Coral, Cameos and Jewels

The little museum of Cammeo

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...

Coral, Cameos and Jewels

The Art of Cameo

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...

Coral, Cameos and Jewels

The manufacturing of Coral

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...