[Jewelry making - Article 00048] - [Orchid] Jewelry with Stacked Cabochons

[Redpathdesign]

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    While traveling in Mexico several years ago, I was stumped by
    several artist's work. They stacked several cabochons and bezel set
    each stone. Some rings were 5 stones high...mini sculptures. Others
    were large belt buckles with 3 stones. 

    My memory was reminded of this by an article in a recent Lap Journal
    or Art Jewelry magazine. Another artist was doing something similar.
    I would like to know the mechanics of how this is done. One of the
    artists' names in San Miguel de Allende is Darla Nordstrom. I've
    provided a link to her site below and from there I think if you go to
    bracelets and look at # Bracelet # 17 it is a variation on what I saw
    while there. Her pieces are only 2 stones high, but I saw other works
    in Mexico that had more stones. 

    Do you have to do your own lapidary work and have some sort of hole
    cut out in the lower stone? How do you solder this all together? This
    might be old hat for some of you, but I would greatly appreciate some
    input on this as it is something that has stuck with me for several
    years as "Hmm....how did they do that?" . 

    www.darlanordstrom.com 

Liane Redpath Worlund
Bellingham, Washington
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