ARTifacts: Drawings in Metal on Leather Jewelry

The technique of embossing or repoussage has an ancient history - first used in ancient Egypt and India and employed by the Greeks to create magnificently decorated armour plates.  The Byzantine empire used embossing to decorate illustrated books creating masterpieces of intricate line and detail.  These little works of art are hand drawn one at a time, no forms or stamps are used. 

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