[Jewelry making - Article 00439] - [Orchid] Setting for stud earrings

[Carrie Nunes]

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Hi all,

    I am designing some stud type earrings. Right now I am considering
    them in silver, 18K and maybe 22K.  Basically some bezel set stones
    with some small ornamentation around the bezels and post backs. Some
    stones will be faceted and I am wondering about how to do open back
    settings when you have a post on back. They may be too small to
    position the post just above the open back. So other thoughts would
    be to have an open back but with a strip of metal across the center
    for the post to attach to. Or to have a closed back and have some
    sort of pierced bezel. I want to keep my stones clean of course. 

    Those of you who might make studs like this, do you have some
    advice? Thanks for all your help. I looked back through the archives
    at our discussion from last year about open back bezels, but it did
    not directly address this problem. 

Carrie Nunes
http://www.metalpetalsworkshop.com

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