

Most of the shows are open to the public, except for certain trade shows which require registration with a business license. The event takes place annually in late January and February at approximately 40 to 49 different locations across the city of Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is one of the premier gem and mineral shows in the world. There is nothing like the annual Tucson Gem & Mineral Show in Arizona than any other show in the world! more According to officials last year, it's estimated 55,000 people flew into Tucson for the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show and another 30,000 drove. Change the world.Īccording to officials last year, it's estimated 55,000 people flew into Tucson for the Tucson Ge. But, during his era, that is exactly what he did. No one knew, especially in the early part of his career, that one man, Rene Lalique, through his design skills, ability to reach masses, and create a world-wide business past his lifetime, would, in-fact - change the world. He brought glass into the home of everyday people where it had never been before, and he worked out the industrial techniques to mass produce his useful art glass objects on a scale and cost to complement the spreading industrial revolution and resulting worldwide appetite for his products.

But by 1925 at the height of the art deco era he was the most celebrated glassmaker in the world. In 1900 at the age of 40, he was the most celebrated jeweler in the world and an art nouveau artist and designer of magnificent proportions. But by the time of his death in 1945 at the dawn of the atomic age, he would have completed two careers spanning two different centuries. It was a time before light bulbs, and telephones, before automobiles and washing machines and electricity. more Rene Lalique was born a rural 19th century man in a pre-industrialized Europe.

Rene Lalique was born a rural 19th century man in a pre-industrialized Europe.
