![Turquoise - Ancient and Contemporary]()
by Nancy Troske
March 27, 2017
Although a bright blue shade comes to mind for most people, turquoise actually comes in a wide range of colors from a bright green, to greenish blue to bright royal blue shades. The Egyptians were mining turquoise as early as 6,000 BC on the Sinai peninsula. You'll see quite a lot of Turquoise in the ancient Egyptian jewelry of the Pharaohs
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![Different Colors of Gold - Yellow, White - Rose -Green]()
by Nancy Troske
March 17, 2017
When you think of gold, do you typically see it in yellow? I'm sure you're familiar with other gold colors such as white, rose, green and even peach. Did you ever wonder how those colors are obtained?
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![Princeton University Art Museum & Gift Store]()
by Nancy Troske
March 05, 2017
Any art lover living in the Princeton area knows just how nice it is to live here. The campus is beautiful, the town is lovely. There’s culture at the theaters, sculpture all over campus and the town and what we call the “Mini Met” or the Princeton University Art Museum.
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![Travel, Swimming and Your Colored Stone Jewelry]()
by Nancy Troske
March 02, 2017
You may be traveling to a warm climate, living in one or anxiously awaiting summer. Did you know that chlorine, salt, and even sunlight can attack the gold in your jewelry, especially pieces containing colored gemstones can be attacked by...
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![Pompeii and the Jewelry They Wore]()
by Nancy Troske
February 15, 2017
Jewelry has been commonly recovered in Pompeii. Archaeologists have found some skeletons and plaster casts clutching pieces of jewelry as if they were their most precious possessions. Jewelry looks like it was very important to the people of Pompeii as it was...
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![Iolite Gemstones]()
by Nancy Troske
October 27, 2016
Iolite is an unusual gemstone that has "pleochroism" meaning it can show different colors when viewed from different directions. Iolite’s strong pleochroism makes it an effective light filter. Early Viking navigators used thin slices of it as a polarizing filter to protect their eyes...
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![StudentsWork]()
by Nancy Troske
October 27, 2016
Last Saturday I taught a workshop at Morven Museum in Princeton, NJ as part of the Arts Council of Princeton’s offerings. It was the first class I’ve taught there and the class went extremely well after one major glitch! It was supposed to be a basic soldering class and the Museum wouldn’t allow an open flame. I guess that should have been obvious from the beginning but it never got discussed. After seeing the beautiful…
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