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EARRINGS AND THE EARRINGS AN
MATCHING CAMEOS. WHO CAN
DO THAT? YOU TOLD ME DO
THIS ONCE AND I HAVE
NEVER FORGOTTEN, MAKING
EARRINGS IS LIKE TRYING
TO SIGN YOUR SIGNATURE
BACKWARDS.
>>GUEST: VERY GOOD
MEMORY. SHE KNOWS MY
SALES PITCHES!
[LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE. YOU ABS
MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
TORRE DEL GRECO IS A
VERY SMALL TOWN WITH VER
LESS THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
AND IT IS THE TOWN OF
MOUNT VESUVIUS AND THE
TOWN AT THE FOOT OF THAT
MOUNTAIN IS TORRE DEL
GRECO WHERE THE CAMEO
TRADITION WAS BORN AND T
IS STILL ALIVE IN 2014.
WE ARE STILL CARVING
CAMEOS THE WAY MY
GRANDFATHER AND MY GRAND
FATHER OF COURSE IS FATH
STILL DOING IT AND MY
GRANDFATHER AND
GREAT-GRANDFATHER AND GR
HIS FATHER WERE DOING IT
AREA IT COMPLETELY BY
HAND WITH BULINO WHICH
IS A TOOL YOU HAVE SEEN
IN THE JEWELRY IN THE JE
WORKSHOPS, JUST A
STAINLESS STEEL TOOL AND
SIMPLE SEA SHELLS. THERE
ARE NO CHEMICALS ADDED
AND THERE IS NO AND THER
TREATMENT AND NO COLOR
ADDITION AND NOTHING. WE
MAKE CAMEOS, THE
NEAPOLITAN CAMEOS THAT
ARE FAMOUS IN THE WORLD,
IN THE SAME WAY THEY IN
USED TO BE MADE 100 OR
200 OR 500 YEARS AGO.
UNDERSTAND THAT A SMALL
PLACE LIKE THAT, IT IS
THE ONLY PLACE, THE ONLY
ONE WHERE CAMEOS ARE
STILL MADE. IT IS A
TREASURE AND IT IS TREAS
ALMOST LIKE UNESCO ALMOS
SHOULD PROTECT TORRE DEL
GRECO BECAUSE NOWHERE
ELSE HAS AN ARTISAN
TRADITION THAT IS STILL
WELL KEPT I HAVE FEW
FAMILIES AND A FEW FAMIL
PEOPLE IN THE SAME SPOT.
THIS IS A DYING ART. IF
YOU LIKE ARTISTIC YOU LI
JEWELRY AND THE
CRAFTSMANSHIP AND IF YOU
ARE A PATRON AT LEAST IN
YOUR MIND OF THE ARTS,
PLEASE WEAR JEWELRY THAT
IS MADE BY HAND. WHERE
THE BEAUTIFUL CAMEOS TH
AND YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL 74 00:02:09,834 THANK YOU FOR THAT.