[Jewelry making - Article 01136] - Re: [Orchid] Learning about the History of Jewelry

[Julia Potts]

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Tina,

    oh, what fun...what great stuff....unfortunately I looked up the book
    that you recommended on AMAZON.....(since it sounded right up my
    alley)  and tear fell down my cheeks when I found out the cheapest
    this book is is...$120.00. (though reading your post gave me some
    faith if I searched, I can find it cheaper...maybe?) Why are the best
    books so much money??? 

    though I am a huge fan of celtic and viking work...the scythian
    goldwork is so SO phenomenal. There is a great and cheap book called
    "from the lands of the scythians: ancient treasures from the museums
    of the u.s.s.r. 3,000BC- 100BC"  It is a special bulletin
    publication by the metropolitan museum of art. If you enjoy ancient
    jewelry and haven't seen the scythian work yet...it is amazing. 

    the museum (and all of ireland) must have been great. I am jealous
    :) I would really like to learn more about the techniques used for
    ancient goldwork....I always wonder how they did these things with
    such limited technology   (certainly without our propane and oxygen
    torches and dremels and buffers) My dad always said "they just took a
    lifetime to make one peice", which is an answer I don't like! I would
    like to see on the discovery channel "how they made the mask of
    tutankhamon" (sp?)  (though once I saw a "how to make a mycenian
    tomb" on some station and they sandcasted a huge plate for the top of
    a tomb...that must be a fun job!) 

julia potts
julia potts studios

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