Every art, whether major or minor, has its capital: Music has Vienna; fashion, Milan; haute cuisine, Paris. Even the somewhat obscure art of cameo-carving has its acknowledged center: Torre del Greco ...

Are you sick of getting your hands full of orange goop and slippery seeds every late October? Carving a jack-o-lantern can literally be a pain when those fluids start stinging the invisible cuts on ...

From ancient Greek and Roman cameo carving to Beyoncé’s Papillon ring, gemstones and jewelry have been used to convey a variety of messages over millennia. These pieces, which provide a window into ...

Torre Del Greco is a postcard-perfect fishing village a few kilometers down the coast from Naples. The city is also a stellar example of "clean" economic success in an area known for its mafia ...

hand carved in sardonyx shell cameo and set in 18kt rose gold. One of a kind Each Cameo still hand carved by skilled artisans in Torre del Greco, with the same technique handed down through ...

This dissertation argues that portrait cameo carving, a specialized skill learned by a large and geographically diverse group of neophyte American sculptors before their European training in ...