About cameos

There is something of a cameo, which is really fascinating. Is the attention to detail, subtle elegance of portraits, there is nothing like rather a cameo, and never go out of fashion. Cameos can be made of various materials, such as abalone, wood, bone, ivory, coral, agate, glass, plastic, different types of shell and layers of hard stone that comes in a variety of colors.

Are typically shaped glass cameos. They are usually one or two colors. The colors are often round. Glass cameos are typically very bright. In the form of cameos are also plastic. The cameo style Wedgwood were made of plastic. Plastic makes a great imitation of cameos from shell. Older cameos were often with celluloid with two colors. Every so often, but not very often, a form of natural materials. Looking for a way to say a lack of roundness of clear and precise lines and the detail is if a cameo. Glass cameos signs of mildew and ridges or dimples on the back are trying to identify.

Cameos are carved from a piece of Shell. Shell is soft, so it is very easy to carve. Shell cameos are typically two colors. Cameos have concave back a thin shell, with the exception of mother of Pearl and abalone are generally flat on my back and slightly thicker. Corals, cameos are generally a single color and also have a flat back.

Agate cameos are carved with the same technique, the shell cameos are carved. A key advantage in Agate because Carver had position can be seen, the layers of color of the page and knows that these layers will be essentially flat. The stone is much more difficult to sculpt. A good pietra dura is often seen in cameo junction where the picture is carved the flat panel. A quick glance the stone is often applied as a cameo, but on closer inspection that can determine a stone.

Amber cameos are fairly new to the market. Amber cameos are from natural amber carved gems reversal is carved by hand.
Practice makes it easy to say, shaped carved cameos: cameos are usually carved from natural materials, while the glass and plastics are normally set up, but could be carved but not very likely. Cameos can be profiled two colors from the simple device of a colour by pouring in the form of a thin layer and then with a thicker layer of a different color.

If there are different to purchase the type of cameo of value could be very important. However, if because you simply buy "piece of love", then you're not nearly as important supply of cameo and its value. We suggest that if you buy a cameo because you can add to your jewelry wardrobe and choose what your heart, so is to make you just make sure you're not very pay for what you get.

Cameos are a wonderful fashion statement! And never go out of fashion.