The
following materials, listed alphabetically, have been used
in the production of one or more of the items mentioned under REPLICAS
in the indicated
entries. These are linked to this Appendix as well as to their listing
in the Index.
Most
of these
materials are given in catalog
descriptions of specialty house catalogs, which are not cited or
referenced; it does not seem appropriate to list them on this
noncommerical web site.
I
cannot vouch for the authenticity of the identifications of all the
materials because I have examined only a few of them.
The list does not include 1.substances that are used as simulants but
are
not, so far as I know, used to produce replicas or
2.fabrics and other
materials used only in the production of two-dimensional
representations of the animals included in the entries.
Although
the focus of this Zoogems site is "gems and curios," some of the
reported replicas are chiefly functional. In any case, those
recorded range
from objets
d'art to
kitsch, and the more
common, and predictable, uses include
the following: for amulets, belt buckles,
bottle and can openers, bowls,
Christmas tree ornaments, Easter eggs, fetishes, figurines, jewelry and
jewelry boxes, light fixtures, music boxes, note-holding
magnets, paper weights, salt and pepper shakers, vases, and wall
"art." Less common uses, some of which are rather surprizing,
include "The Armadillo" --
Sir Norman Foster's world-famous convention and
entertainment venue on the River Clyde in
Glasgow, Scotland; pup tents that
have the shapes and color patterns of ladybug beetles, and
tortoise-shaped nightlights that give a
360-degree planetarium-like view of the night-time sky on bedroom
ceilings and walls.