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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nicholas Molinari, post: 5125217, member: 78411&quot;]I have a special item to show off.&nbsp; This is a copy of a very famous Etruscan pendant in the Louvre.&nbsp; I was looking to get a 3D printer and randomly started searching to see if any cool ancient art featuring Acheloios was available.&nbsp; Turns out the Louvre has its piece scanned.&nbsp; That got me excited because I could print my own plastic copy—but then I remembered, I know a very talented master jeweler, so I asked him if he could possibly make this for me in gold.&nbsp; He assured me he could, and after several weeks, I just received my new pendant.&nbsp; It is 14k gold but he used a method called depletion gilding to bring about a more luscious yellow color, so more akin to 18-20k.&nbsp; This is a process in which the item is burned with a flame to leach the copper to the surface and then thrown in an acid bath.&nbsp; From what I understand, the acid bath removes the excess copper but leaves some at the surface adding a more yellow hue. He believes the Etruscans used this very method to make their gold more yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I believe this is a step up from the traditional Italian horn and solidifies my placement among the true Acheloios fanatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything relevant.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1202601[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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