[Jewelry making - Article 00003] - Re: [Orchid] Opal setting philosophy

[Kofoed Design]

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    I recently did a pendant and earrings in white gold for a customer's
    white opals she'd gotten in Australia. The pendant I did with leafy
    vines minimally enclosing the stone- the back was open. Lovely stone,
    looked great. But the earrings I bezel set, with the vines along the
    outside of the bezel. Closed back with post. These stones lost all
    their fire in the bezels against the white gold. But when I darkened
    the inside of the bezel, they really popped. 

    My philosophy? Whatever looks best. 

Janet Kofoed

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