[Jewelry making - Article 00142] - Re: [Orchid] Montana Agate

[Dave Sebaste]

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>      Does anyone on the list work with Montana? 

    http://www.carolinaartisans.com/shop/montana.htm 

    This is the URL to a piece in my "Past Works" collection from my Web
    site. I formed a piece of square sterling wire to the outside
    dimensions of the stone, and soldered it closed with hard solder.
    Then I formed, and soldered closed, some fine silver bezel wire to
    fit the outside of the square wire ring, and soldered the two
    together with medium solder. I then soldered that bezel assembly to
    the subsequently fabricated bracelet shank, and set the stone. Voila. 

    As you can see, the supporting bezel ring doesn't show, and the
    relatively transparent stone seems to float in the bezel. Of course,
    a similar process can be used to create a ring or pendant with the
    same bezel assembly. 

    Several jewelry artists (or artist jewelers) at my show this weekend
    had significant amounts of Montana agate, beautifully and
    artistically cut, many set in gold. A couple years ago I stocked up
    on some exquisitely cut Montana agates from Tim Roark Imports, from
    Atlanta. I'm not sure who the cutter was, but they're wonderful
    stones! 

    Thank God for SiO2!  :) 

Dave
Dave Sebaste
Sebaste Studio and
Carolina Artisans' Gallery
Charlotte, NC (USA)
dave AT sebaste.com 
http://www.CarolinaArtisans.com 

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