A Story and a Little Ruby

February 5, 2011

I have a friend and customer by the name of Ra, ( pronounced Ray ). A brilliant lady who live both in England and South Africa and comes to St. Maarten to visit her son and family. They all good friends of Anne and I, and we have spent many a memorable dinner in each [...]

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A Ring, a Pendant and some Experimental Stones

January 29, 2011

Here is a somewhat radical ring, as per my customers design. The center diamond is a 1.16 colour G pear that is loose and dangling. Then the smaller diamonds were set in a “scattered” manner ( her words). And it came out very nicely and suits her style perfectly, she being tanned, slim and very [...]

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An Aquamethyst and a Drilled Diamond

January 21, 2011

Here  is a composite stone I made out of aquamarine and amethyst. coming in at 3.6 carats.  Blue and purple make indigo and this stone certainly reflects that when it is viewed in natural light. Hassle with photographing this stone is that on the one side the amethyst is not purple enough and on the [...]

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A Ring, a Stone and a Prize

January 17, 2011

This is my latest Aqua ring. I like carving beryl. It polishes easy and if the colour is good, as in this one, it resembles  flowing water. Also, the nice part is that they sell well, ahem….. I cut the sapphire in a standard brilliant cut. It comes from Aussie and, like the aqua is [...]

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A Diamond Pendant and more work to the Mobile Workbench

January 4, 2011

I made a nice white gold pendant on commission . Set with a 2.05 diamond it all came out to about 2.75ct. Sold with a white gold chain. The pendant flower is made out of 1.2mm plate, pierced out and then the rear petals are set first. Then the front petals are soldered and set [...]

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Bench Sweep Refining Experiment

December 31, 2010

Often I work in titanium and white gold and yellow gold all at once. So if you filing a triple laminate to shape, say, there is no point trying to save the filings. The go into my bench sweeps bottle. Now the thing that has always hassled me into sending it to the refiners was [...]

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Composite Stone and Reflector Aqua Cab.

December 28, 2010

This is my latest composite gemstone.  I like the colour of amethyst and so I cut a small slice of amethyst and polished one side. Then I laminated it to a piece of Cubic Zirconia ( gasp) with Hxtal NYL and faceted it into a brilliant. I always facet fully experimental stones into a brilliant, [...]

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Tourmaline Pendant and Mobile Bench Stuff

December 17, 2010

Here is an 18kt piece that I made on commission for Vicky. It came out very nice, methinks. The tourmaline is 6.08ct and is about 30mm x 8mm and the links above have .40ct of diamond. All the links are bark engraved and then polished. It gives a very nice effect. A 1100 mm pearl [...]

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A Ring and a Solder Thingi

December 12, 2010

I seldom do work in 14kt white gold, but if I need some I mix up the mixture from Brepohl which is 58.5% gold and the rest palladium. I know it is hellishly expensive, only two or three dollars under 18kt white at today’s prices, but it is really nice to work with. Nice colour [...]

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Rings, Bangles and Pendants

November 29, 2010

This is a commercial ring I made. Fourteen princess cut stones with a center diamond. This is actually five separate rings. Square stones are a little more tricky to set. These were all slightly different sizes so they were quite challenging, but it all worked out well in the end. The center stone is a [...]

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