[Jewelry making - Article 00001] - [Orchid] Stone order in cluster setting

[Susannah Garcia]

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Hello everyone,

    When I was taught cluster setting, I was taught to set the
    surrounding stones first, then set the center stone last, with the
    seat for the center stone burred just above the seats for the
    surrounding stones (but on the other side of the prong, of course). 

    Today I saw a cluster setting where the center stone was set first
    -below the surrounding stones, and then the surrounding stones held
    the center stone in. 

    I've always thought that stones shouldn't be touching -is this
    wrong? 

Thank you,
Susannah
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