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Post by parfive on Jul 19, 2008 21:06:07 GMT -5
We stayed in a hotel outside Chicago on the way to the agate show in Wisconsin. Just happened to see a pamphlet in the lobby for this Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art . . . cool!! And it’s only seven miles away, right on the way to the Gem Shop and the World of Agates Show. If you’re anywhere near Chicago, you have to go see this place. Absolutely incredible!! There’s more awesome rock work than I’ve ever seen in one place. Stone mosaics and intarsia, carved animals set in dioramas, ivory, faceted gemstones, snuff bottles carved from gem stones and rocks, agate cameos, and enough carved jade for a couple of imperial palaces. And most of this was done long before electricity and diamond wheels!! www.lizzadromuseum.org/jfl.htmlAgate fish 6” - 7” tall (there’s a whole school of ‘em in this diorama)  Agate flower w/druzy 8” – 9” tall  Intarsia box w/malachite, rhodocrosite, sugilite, turquoise, jade, copper ore, lakers, datolite, opalized palm wood, 18k gold  Japanese ivory carving ~16” tall  Chinese coral carving ~12”  Carved bowls – agate, rose quartz and ruby in zoisite  Stone mosaic tabletop ~2’ x 3’  Florentine mosaic/pietra dura. The glass looks to be a piece of quartz, and you can see her hand behind it!!  Jade stork  Ivory carving. The sphere at the top has about six more spheres carved inside it, all able to turn inside each other.    |
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 19, 2008 22:25:45 GMT -5
This museum is amazing! Thank you for sharing the pics.
The Fkorentine picture really is a work of art, I couldn't believe it's not painted but made of rocks!
Adrian
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jul 19, 2008 23:10:24 GMT -5
WOW! That is too freakin' cool! Thanks for sharing some pictures. I love that Fish. AMAZING STUFF!
Steve
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Post by akansan on Jul 20, 2008 8:56:32 GMT -5
Wow. That is some amazing art - just fantastic. The Florentine Mosaic is just awesome.
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Post by cutter on Jul 20, 2008 11:02:53 GMT -5
Been there, done that and will go back any chance I get. Well worth the time spent.
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Post by akansan on Jul 20, 2008 11:14:32 GMT -5
Rich, could you tell the sizes of the pieces making up the Pietra Dura?
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Post by catmandewe on Jul 20, 2008 18:01:32 GMT -5
All I can say is WOW, no really, WOW!!
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Post by beefjello on Jul 21, 2008 8:13:09 GMT -5
Wowzers!!  This place is definitely on my short list. Thanks for the fantastic pics Rich! |
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Post by texaswoodie on Jul 21, 2008 17:16:11 GMT -5
Dang, I have trouble cutting a decent cab.  Curt |
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Post by fishenman on Jul 21, 2008 17:19:50 GMT -5
That is a great place. Thanks for the shots. I would love to find the time to do a project half as intense as those.............ok, 1/10 as nice.
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Post by parfive on Jul 21, 2008 20:14:45 GMT -5
Akansan – Hard to tell on these wonders, the joints are about invisible. You can assume there’s one between really contrasting rock types, but the subtle shadings . . . who knows? There’s another one, a commissioned portrait of Joseph Lizzadro, that has over 1300 pieces!! And it’s one of the simpler ones on exhibit. Small pic: www.lizzadromuseum.org/mosaics.htmlThe one that amazed me the most, my pic is out of focus.  Kind of a landscape of Roman ruins, with trees and foliage. I studied it closely and couldn’t see a single joint in the building blocks or the red and green on the tree, or anywhere for that matter. Just unbelievable!!! Their could be 10,000 pieces in this one, for all I know, and a lot of ‘em gotta be almost microscopic. (Damn!!! I just remembered I had my loupe in my bag all along.)  Here’s that crummy pic anyway.  Rich |
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Post by akansan on Jul 21, 2008 20:21:44 GMT -5
Amazing - can you imagine how long it must take to find that one rock that will give you the exact shading you want?
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Post by creativeminded on Jul 22, 2008 9:03:09 GMT -5
That is incredible. Tha is somewhere I am going to have to go.
Tami
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Post by Pat on Jan 11, 2017 16:49:40 GMT -5
Wow! Truly magnificent. Thanks.
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Post by ziggy on Jan 11, 2017 18:22:04 GMT -5
Looks like a nice stop on the way back home from the Keokuck geode beds sometime this summer to me.
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Post by vera on Jan 14, 2017 13:24:28 GMT -5
My favorite is that Intarsia box. I would love to see it in person.
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This place is definitely on my short list. Thanks for the fantastic pics Rich!
