At 02:29 PM 7/25/2005, you wrote:
Why would you want it to be light as a feather?! Everyone knows is
*isnt* real if it doesnt have heft.
I've just returned from Italy (poor me) and found a lovely repro
jewelry shop in Florence. Tharros Jewelry. The website is, as yet,
non-existant. Tho they say "coming soon". All of the pieces are copied
from local paintings & frescoes. (You know, places like the Galleria
Accademia, The Pitti Palace, Uffizi and those wonderful Ghirlandaio
frescoes in every church all over town.) Dee-lish!
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Hello Cynthia,
Thanks so much for sharing those pics. I just drooled all over my keyboard.
I have got to tour Europe sometime soon!! (and hope they get that website
up soon in the meantime). Yep, I've never been to Europe. Been to Japan,
and Mexico once, and toured all the USA when I was a baby, and that's it.
I know real jewels have to have some weight to them. It's why so many of
the modern repros just don't have that rich, expensive look to them,
because they are made of flat brass bits (which is pretty, but doesn't look
right). The reason why I wanted the jewels to be lighter was because I
thought actual metal jewels would put a huge strain on the French hood I am
making. However, I have come up with a theory that I am working on
verifying that might help the F-hood to hold up to the strain of gold and
jewels all over the top. I will share more when I get the darn hood done!
(my fingers don't like the hand sewing of a curved object).
Thanks again. I am going back to drooling again.
Kimiko
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