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Pearls and Cultured Pearls - By Sondra Francis

Pearls are organic gem materials form in a variety of mollusks when the mollusk covers an irritant with layers of nacre. Oysters, mussels, conch, and abalone can produce pearls. Oysters and mussels can do this job by themselves when an irritant accidentally enters its shell to produce natural pearls...

Tags: | Handbook for the Gem Buyer | Pearls |

Customizing Stock Earrings Using Fusion-Welding Technology - By Mark B. Mann

This project features a stock pair of earrings that are customized for cultured pearls. The request was to design earrings that would be unique, modern and functional - within a tight budget. To prepare them for the addition of 22-karat yellow gold granulation and the cultured pearls, a groove was...

Tags: | Fusing & Welding |

Charles Loloma - Hopi Modernist - By Ellen Berkovitch

Master jeweler Charles Loloma was a Hopi spiritual leader -- a member of the Badger Clan and a Hopi snake priest. His powers of charm extended through his ritual life and into his compelling jewelry. In daily life, Loloma never talked about Hopi religion. But his jewelry limns the Hopi landscape and...

Tags: | Features | Behind The Design |

PLIQUE-A-JOUR - Russian Soldering Method - By Sandelle/Sandra E. Bradshaw

There are a number of methods for plique a jour, a filigree technique that allows light to shine through the enamel, much like stained glass. With plique a jour, there is no backing for the vitreous enamel; instead a structure of metal is made with open spaces, called cells, for the enamels. I form...

Tags: | Plique-a-jour |

Beading Tool Tips - By Tom Weishaar

Like most bench jewelers I do a lot of bead setting and like most ...

Tags: | Stone Setting | Small Tools |



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