[Jewelry making - Article 00507] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond cuts technicals

[leonid surpin]

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>     but what about the similar Quadrillion (as long as it doesn't have
>     super sharp pointy corners of course)? Do you like those? If not
>     why? What of trillion, navette, pear? Are they also obscenities to
>     the industry? 

    The issue is not the sharp corners and personal likes and dislikes.
    The issue for me is the design. One of the meaning of the obscene is
    the degenerate and princess cut is the design which degenerated to
    the point of existence for its own sake. The good design must be
    functional. This is the infrangible rule of any design. Cutting
    diamond as a princess, does not make diamond look better, does not
    make diamond stronger and more durable, does not make it easier to
    set, does not emphasize any properties which makes diamond the most
    widely used stone in jewellery, except one. It fattens the profits
    of the De Beers. That is a classical case of obscene ( degenerative )
    design. 

    I will gladly accept any square stone if there is reason to use it
    and it is cut accordingly to its design specification, but I reject
    things which are done for their own sake. 

    When I was studying design in school, we were given an example of
    degenerative design. My apologies for scatological reference. 

    If we were to design a vessel for use of hospital patients to
    relieve themselves while in bed, and we were to position the handle 
of
    such a vessel inside. If would not matter in the least if it would be
    the most beautiful design in the world and made from the most
    precious and rare materials, nobody would use it. And the reason
    would be that the main component of the design which we call
    functionality was violated. 

Leonid Surpin.
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