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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3046782, member: 5833"]On cameos, some have a drilled pupil & some don't. I never thought about it in relation to sculptural practices. Most of the time cameo cutters were copying from something, probably prints of art work or other cameos, but that doesn't mean they didn't add their own little touches. Sometimes, when the figure's position means both eyes are showing, they drill pupils & don't get them so they appear to be looking the same direction. It can make an otherwise well done piece look cockeyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]290990[/ATTACH] This one always looks subtly off to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm starting to rethink those marcasite settings in conjunction with the quality of the cameos & am moving toward the 1930s. There's more care in them than became the norm after WWII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3046782, member: 5833"]On cameos, some have a drilled pupil & some don't. I never thought about it in relation to sculptural practices. Most of the time cameo cutters were copying from something, probably prints of art work or other cameos, but that doesn't mean they didn't add their own little touches. Sometimes, when the figure's position means both eyes are showing, they drill pupils & don't get them so they appear to be looking the same direction. It can make an otherwise well done piece look cockeyed. [ATTACH=full]290990[/ATTACH] This one always looks subtly off to me. I'm starting to rethink those marcasite settings in conjunction with the quality of the cameos & am moving toward the 1930s. There's more care in them than became the norm after WWII.[/QUOTE]
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