Cameo originate many century ego around the time of Roman Empire. The purpose was to memorize the image of the loved one, honor the worriers hero, the emperors. The first cameo known was actually a profile of a two man/emperor, worriers man, not a profile of women face, like is so popular today. They become very fashionably by 19 century. Today the typical cameo is made from mold, plastic manufactured and multiply by millions. The expensive one are computer design and laser cut in stones and set in gold or silver frames. I was fortuned to whiteness, in one of the jeweler shows in Java center in NY city haw that is done, in one very expensive special computer machine equipment and it's amazing the precision and beauty but is that "real cameo "I would ask ? and yes these expensive one they can be also multiply by computer of course.
My cameo faces are hand sculpture with Polymer Clay . I hand carve the design using dentist tools, there is no mold, there no two the same, there are One of a Kind unique pieces. I can also recreate for custom order similar cameo face of your loved one from your photo. Please contact me before your order and please consider that is all really hand made process so it never will be exactly the same as on the picture
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