[Jewelry making - Article 00962] - Re: [Orchid] Frustrated with final designs

[Beth Rosengard]

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>       Even then, foiling is a bad answer. 

    In this context, you may be right but there is an entirely different
    reason why I foil cabs.  When I lay out stones for a design, I do it
    on a white pad so that the hot pink of a tourmaline matches the hot
    pink in a, for instance, piece of cobalto calcite drusy.  If I then
    set my tourmaline in a gold bezel, without backing it, it will become
    a peach-colored tourmaline. Similarly, transparent blue-colored
    stones turn green when set over gold. If I leave the backs open, on
    the other hand, and the piece is worn over black, the transparent
    stone will grey out.  Since I'm the designer and want to control the
    color of my pieces as much as possible, I foil the backs. 

Beth

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