This is a fascinating subject, thank you for sharing all of your posts. I love finding new topics like this that allow me to briefly dive into something, discovering processes( and even new vocabulary) that I never pondered before.
I work in a *very *unrelated field, but often times marvel at just how impossible it seems that any of it was accomplished before the invention of the modern tools I use daily.
Do you ever look at renaissance era lapidaries and feel that way as well? I understand this level of faceting is a modern invention, but with no precision tooling at all, it seems amazing that any of the old jewels were ever created in the first place.
This is a fascinating subject, thank you for sharing all of your posts. I love finding new topics like this that allow me to briefly dive into something, discovering processes( and even new vocabulary) that I never pondered before.
I work in a *very *unrelated field, but often times marvel at just how impossible it seems that any of it was accomplished before the invention of the modern tools I use daily.
Do you ever look at renaissance era lapidaries and feel that way as well? I understand this level of faceting is a modern invention, but with no precision tooling at all, it seems amazing that any of the old jewels were ever created in the first place.