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Tutan-Who?
There's no getting away from the amazing-ness of plastic jewelry.
I return to it often because it's so incredibly striking. Gold and
platinum and diamonds and precious gems are not everything.
Well ... to some I guess they are. After all ... you don't hear Mamie
saying: Gloria ... dahling ... get Sedgewick to pull out the limo ... I saw an
exquisite piece in plastic at the five and ten and I just must must have
it. On the other hand ....
Okay. Pick a head. Any head. You. There. What kind of head?
Egyptian head? Okay. You got it. Let's go.
We're back in France ... circa late 1930. The world center of fashion
is bustling. Get yer brooches. Circular brooches. Hey there my little
Cherie. Perhaps you would like a little Egyptian Head resting on your
bosom? Titter titter. But she approaches. She picks up the plastic
brooch. She is young. Yet her sense of taste is exquisite. Perhaps she
is more than she appears to be. She puts it carefully back and says,
how much? The game begins.
The Egyptian head in profile has a headdress and ornaments in shades
of orange, dark green, and blue. Palmettes framing the profile contain
the same coloring. The whole thing is bordered by a two-color hatched
band. Does he have a name, she says. He must have a name or I can
not buy him. Max, says the hawker. His name is Max. They grin. I will
buy Max, she says.
Today ... somewhere in Paris ... Max is in a private collection. He is made of
molded plastics and stamped metal. It is an amazing creation ... this
plastic Egyptian head ... amazing because it's plastic ... and how did they
do that is what I want to know.
It's a short Tidbit ... this Tidbit of Max who could just as easily have
been Tutan-something-or-other. Short ... yes. But worth a look-at.
For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I direct
you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will scroll down
the left side menu till you get to the area that says Tidbits Graphics ...
and then click on the link that says: Max ... where you'll see an image
of a circular brooch in plastic of an Egyptian head ... model unknown and
fabricator unknown.