VERY woman in the Western world seems to have at least one cameo, often a keepsake handed down from a grandmother or favorite aunt, yet many never see the light of day. Distinctly of another time, ...

Most people think of cameos as formal and sentimental; something sweet and Victorian, pinned to a high-collar lace shirt or carved with a dowager portrait. But today’s cameos are anything but sweet ...

CAMEOS—WEARABLE PORTRAITS carved in relief on materials like shell, lava and agate—were once known for their noble and dignified subjects: Roman emperors, queens and figures from Greek mythology. Now, ...

Last week, during the opening of the 2019 Venice Biennale, artists Cindy Sherman and Catherine Opie unveiled their collaborative project: a series of contemporary cameos carved from shells, based on ...

As products of nature, shells have developed a bond with people since the days of yore. The connections can be traced to the period of cave people whose images show them wearing shells. During the Qin ...

“I believe they came from my great grandmother, an Italian opera singer (1869-1936) through my paternal grandmother, a concert pianist at 14 and an actress,” Mickey Matus wrote in an email of the four ...

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