Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)

  Got my new lathe. This is a small one, mostly for gem related work. I must say, for $650 from Grizzly.com it is probably one of the nicest bang for your buck machines that a jewellery shop can have. Nice and compact. Ok, you need to do some adjustments, tighten various things up, but [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Behold! The first CZ in the world with a three phase inclusion. A solid, which in this case is a gold ball (AU), then a liquid, which is Di-Hydrogen Mono-Oxide and two gasses, namely Nitrogen and Oxygen. Produced in the workshops of Hans Meevis. Difficult to photograph too. This is the first sucessful [...]

  Classic fused sapphire and diamond ring. The diamonds had to be set randomly. This ring was commissioned. It has lots of symbolism attached. It’s called the “Broken Promise” ring—’nuff said. Can I call this a Coptic cross? Commissioned work. Made out of yellow and white gold with a blued titanium background. First I pierced [...]

  Finished…. The “Expanded Retro-Futuristic Power Source” for the Dino War Machine project. That’s my name and I’m sticking with it……. This one only took about 70 hours. Side view showing the heavy, high voltage power input coils. Actually, I exaggerate a little bit. They actually 6 volts but if no one says anything then [...]