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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 756296, member: 5833&quot;]I am still trying to learn about cameos that fall under &#039;lava&#039;.&nbsp; Some, with very high relief &amp; undercutting to the point that some parts are semidetached are clearly hand carved volcanic material.&nbsp; Many are not so extreme but still show signs of having been worked by hand.&nbsp; And then there are ones that really look like lava, but also show all the signs of having been molded.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the last category I would like to know more about.&nbsp; Understandably, the method of their manufacturing is not something makers want to publicize.&nbsp; The book <i>Cameos: Classical to Costume</i>, Clements &amp; Clements, is organized by materials, &amp; is mainly devoted to 20th century costume quality cameos.&nbsp; (Lots of Ponytail &amp; Headband Girls.)&nbsp; They have a few pages on cameos/intaglios made by Tagliamonte, including a full page photo of what looks like an array of lava cameos produced by them.&nbsp; There is a section on lava cameos; this is separate.&nbsp; Text says: &#039;The designers at Tagliamonte have discovered a method of creating a material that is the equivalent of lava.&nbsp; These cameo artists use the process create for the jasper ware cameo [<i>sic</i>] by Josiah Wedgwood.&#039;&nbsp; It is clear they use molds made from older, carved pieces.&nbsp; I know I read somewhere, once, that modern lava cameos are made of lava ash mixed with resin &amp; molded.&nbsp; And then there are the ones that are glassy under a grainy surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]189887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]189889[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If the cameo above is contemporary with its setting, it was made a good long while ago now.</p><p><br /></p><p>The very rounded, won&#039;t-snag-in-a-mold, lines of your girl make me think was made by a method other than hand carving.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t love her.&nbsp; In the lava section of the Clements book there are many photos of what appear to be all part of the same collection, common lava cameos mounted for wall display on what looks like black velvet in gilt frames of various shapes &amp; sizes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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