Miniature jewelry

Pretties form Marie Antoinette’s Room box part 2. This time I have some of her favorites. Jewelry and her much loved pugs. Marie Antoinette was known to love pearls and diamonds. So I have tried to find her some jewelry that would fit that era. I really struggle with making sure the items in her room box fit the time period. I have loosened up my rules a little because after all I am looking into putting a pair of converse shoes in the room. Hehee!! Below are a few of the jewelry items I…

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Miniature Jewelry Displays

This week's blog presents the work of the talented Lori Ann Potts of Vancouver, British Columbia. An IGMA Fellow, she describes the majority of her work as vintage "lifestyle representation" inspired by late 1800s and early 1900s fashions. Larrianne's Small Wonders shop in Ventura, CA is the exclusive retailer for Lori Ann's entire line of women's and men's finery. They share a table at Good Sam. Lori Ann makes fabulous jewelry, elegant hats, fashionable women's and gentlemen's apparel with…

This tiny manuscript written for a lady served as a pretty pendant as well as a prayer book. The gold cover is enameled and set with rubies. During the Renaissance, miniature books were valued as works of virtuosity as well as devotional aids. The chain allowed it to be hung as a pendant, possibly from a girdle or a rosary. The text inside--the seven penitential psalms associated with King David’s penance for his adulterous relationship with Bathsheba--is perfectly legible. The manuscript…

Shinji Nakaba (previously) is a master of carving carefully into miniature objects, creating skulls and other anatomical forms from pearls no larger than the end of a finger tip. Nakaba considers these works “wearable sculptures,” as each pearl takes the form of a ring, necklace, or pin. Although he uses precious metals and stones forContinue reading "New Miniature Anatomical Sculptures and Jewelry Carved From Pearls by Shinji Nakaba"