Rose Engines and Kings features delicate, intricately textured objects created by specialty artists using century-old machines, cams and
cutters. Ornamental turning (OT) stems from the 1600s when European Kings appointed highly skilled artists with specialty lathes to execute the finest treasures in ivory and exotic materials for their personal collections. Viewers will be dazzled by the precious materials, the intimate scale and the decorative complex patterns these artists create by engineering their materials and machines.