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Category 02

The Cameo
Collection

Portraits and relief works hand-carved by Grzegorz Kiernicki.

An extensive collection of hand-carved cameos by Grzegorz Kiernicki is currently being photographed and catalogued. The first catalogued works are published below.

Spirit of the Chief — hand-carved shell cameo, main front view

Cameo #1

Spirit of the Chief

Natural carved shell

The Dreamer — hand-carved sea shell cameo, main front view of the carved portrait

Cameo #2

The Dreamer

Natural carved shell

Serenity — hand-carved sea shell cameo, front view of the sculpted face in its handmade silver setting

Cameo #3

Serenity

Natural carved shell

The Hunt — hand-carved shell cameo showing a mounted rider, horse in motion and running hound in pale relief

Cameo #4

The Hunt

Natural carved shell

The Guardian — hand-carved shell cameo showing a stylized human face in natural peach and cream shell, with a suspended dark bead below

Cameo #5

The Guardian

Natural carved shell

The Wanderer — hand-carved shell cameo showing a reclining figure in a broad hat, in raised white relief against warm reddish-orange shell

Cameo #6

The Wanderer

Natural carved shell

The Lion — hand-carved sea shell cameo of a lion’s head in raised pale relief against warm peach and amber shell, in a textured handmade silver frame

Cameo #7

The Lion

Natural carved shell

The Crescent — hand-carved sea shell cameo of a striding feline in raised pale relief against warm peach shell, in a hammered crescent surround

Cameo #8

The Crescent

Natural carved shell

The Elephant of Strength — hand-carved sea shell cameo of an elephant with raised trunk in pale relief against warm orange-brown shell, in a darkened silver pendant frame

Cameo #9

The Elephant of Strength

Natural carved shell

The Chariot of Victory — hand-carved sea shell cameo of a classical chariot scene, with a horse in pale high relief against warm peach-orange shell in a handmade silver pendant frame

Cameo #10

The Chariot of Victory

Natural carved shell

The Garden of Eden — hand-carved sea shell cameo of Adam and Eve seated on either side of the Tree of Knowledge beneath a fruit-filled canopy, in a handmade silver framework

Cameo #11

The Garden of Eden

Natural carved shell

The Crucifixion — hand-carved three-dimensional shell figure of Jesus Christ mounted over an intensely iridescent mother-of-pearl background within a rugged handcrafted silver setting

Cameo #12

The Crucifixion

Natural carved shell

The Ruby Muse — hand-carved natural sea shell cameo of a female figure in frontal high relief, set in handcrafted silver with a pear-shaped faceted ruby beneath the figure

Cameo #13

The Ruby Muse

Natural carved shell

Angel in Prayer — hand-carved natural sea shell high-relief sculpture of an angel with bowed head and raised hands, mounted in a handcrafted silver setting

Cameo #14

Angel in Prayer

Natural carved shell

Mother and Child — hand-carved natural shell high-relief cameo of a mother holding her baby surrounded by carved flowers, in a handcrafted textured silver setting

Cameo #15

Mother and Child

Natural carved shell

The Eagle — hand-carved natural shell cameo of an eagle with wings fully spread against a warm peach-brown shell background, in a wide darkened handcrafted silver frame

Cameo #16

The Eagle

Natural carved shell

The Mystic — human face hand-carved in moss agate above a triangular faceted amethyst, framed by an open-form textured silver setting

Cameo #17

The Mystic

Natural carved shell

Lionheart — lion's head hand-carved in deep relief from natural shell within an expansive rugged handmade triangular silver setting

Cameo #18

Lionheart

Natural carved shell

The Daughter of the Earth — female portrait hand-carved in deep relief from black jet within an irregular handmade silver setting with a large textured bail

Cameo #19

The Daughter of the Earth

Natural carved shell

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