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Baule
Earrings are a modern take on an ancient Etruscan style of
earring called "baule" -meaning bag-shaped. (Etruscan
goldsmiths were highly skilled, particularly in their
delicate use of granulation (powder-like gold grain) and
filigree (fine wires). Motifs such as acorns, lotus,
palmettes, spinxes, rosettes were foreign imports. Through
trade they acquired gold, techniques and oriental design
motifs. But there were also local types such as the densely
decorated bag-shaped (baule) earrings. They are in the shape
of a cylinder and surmounted by a semi-circular ornamental
plate.
In this workshop we will make
the "baule" component with odd-count flat peyote in various
directions and embellishment techniques. The "baule" can
also be used as a pendant over a neckwire. |
