Artist's Profile: Vivian Alexander

Vivian Alexander is a world renowned artist from Maurice, Louisiana. She creates modern day Faberge treasures from silver, goose, ostrich and other types of eggs in the tradition of Peter Carl Faberge, the Russian goldsmith and jeweler who created treasures for Russian Czars to give as presents to those who were dear to them. She created the replica of the Imperial Coronation Egg that was used in the 2004 film "Ocean's 12". She was also the original creator of the Egg Purse.

Licenced by The Forbes Collection to make Romanov-inspired frames and Faberge-inspired eggs in the guilloche style, Vivian's designs are intricately fashioned into hand crafted works of art that incorporate pure .999 silver, sterile ostrich (rhea) eggs, goose eggs, pewter, prong-set Swarovski Austrian crystals, silver & gold findings, and gemstones. The result is ornaments, eggs, egg boxes, egg purses, clocks, cardholders, frames and other beautiful decorative items of unmistakable quality and craftsmanship that mirror rare antique Russian treasures of Romanov period art. The Plate Lady of Tampa Bay Limited Edition Collectibles is proud to be able to offer these fabulous reproductions to our gift shopping customers.

The highlight of Vivian Alexander's collection is her recently released series of Limited Edition, pure silver, guilloche style ornaments. Each ornament is hand numbered and limited to only 200 worldwide. The guilloche technique was adapted and perfected by Peter Carl Fabergé in the late 1800, early 1900 era. It is a surface treatment in which waves and striations are engraved on an object's metal surface. Then the object is fired in an oven after each of several layers of translucent enamel. The enameling process used by Vivian Alexander, to coat eggs and silver, is proprietary and recognized as the highest quality in the United States.