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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10349115, member: 5833&quot;]Therein, I think, lies the rub.&nbsp; Work in shell, being seen as much easier to do than work on stone, has not been seen as much of an art.&nbsp; James Ronca, when approached about heading an academy to keep the skill alive in Britain candidly admitted that he did not see there being a future in it.&nbsp; Leonard Forrer did not keep track of cameo artists unless they worked at least sometimes in stone, &amp; missed both Tignani &amp; Rosi in his Biographical Dictionary.&nbsp; I once teasingly chided James Draper at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for not having more examples of some of the beautiful work that can be done in shell.&nbsp; He replied that what they have is what Mr. Weil gave them.&nbsp; It&#039;s true; if Milton Weil had not given them his collection they would not have much in the way of modern cameos at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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