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Agram.m
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With pleasure I show you this round Micro Mosaic flower brooch and the same earrings. It's a little set but very nice, I love them as I hope you do. My passion for Micro Mosaic is still as great as ever. So I am still fascinated by the patience of the craftsmen to create this type of jewelry.
And I see that the popularity still increasing in this kind of antique jewels.
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I am on the look out for these myself since I re-found them on this site. My sister has a ton, might have to sneak some away...
AmberRose,ask her, she won't miss a few.
Thanks for loving Inky
I always wondered, do they make these individually, or do they make them in like 6 foot rods and cut them to make a bunch?
Italian ??
Probably, but those jewels were also made in other Europe countries as:
Switserland, France, German and England.
Stillwater, they make a lot of rods in different colors and than like a needle work they built up horizontal rows to built up the needed patron. But if you want to see more about making Micro Mosaic you can take a look on the site:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/14896068 in this film a collector in the U.S.A. shows one of my brooches (also shown here on my site on collectors). At the right site of this site you can look for more films about making Micro Mosaic jewelry.