Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist – September 2019

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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 19 Visit our website: http://www.sfjs.net 800.659.3835 Displays • Findings Hand Selected Gems of the Sout ...

OP EN IN G^ PH OT O: JI M^ LA W SO N; P RO CE SS P HO TO S:^ JA CK SO N^ ST UR LIN T HE APPLIED TECHNIQUES involved in this proj ...

SKILLS Forging Forming Filing Sawing Piercing Soldering Annealing Stone setting TIME IT TOOK 6 hours per ring: 5½ hours fabricat ...

Jewelry Project/Technique SAWING FOR 3D EFFECTS FORM THE BEZEL A couple pointers to get started: bending and forming thick metal ...

1g Bend the insert using half round/fl at pliers. For the fi rst bend, hold the pliers in the notch of the bench pin and bend th ...

Jewelry Project/Technique SAWING FOR 3D EFFECTS 2e Squeezing the oval with a pair of ring holding pliers lets you make very subt ...

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3c 3f 3d 3g 3e 3h 4 4a4b 3g Holding the bezel fi rmly and securely on the pin, align the notches with the saw blade to establish ...

Jewelry Project/Technique SAWING FOR 3D EFFECTS 4c Working sequentially, following the same movements of each tool on each area, ...

4f File scallops with a marking fi le as needed to refi ne the shape and make them identical. A marking fi le is a tapered half ...

Jewelry Project/Technique SAWING FOR 3D EFFECTS 5f Forge the center of the square wire into a fl attened rectangle with a goldsm ...

6c 6d 6e 6 6a 6b 5f 5g 5h 7a Pierce the design with a 3 /0 saw blade. I lubricate my saw blade with candle wax (paraffi n) appli ...

Jewelry Project/Technique SAWING FOR 3D EFFECTS 8 8b 8a 8c 7h 8d 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 7g 30 LAPIDARY JOURNAL JEWELRY ARTIST ...

8e MASTER THE JEWELER’S SAW (video) ww.interweave.com/jewelry More with Michael Support You r Work In addition to helping you or ...

By Deborah Yonick, jewelry style expert Trends Daria de Koning Pink Clouds Brac Gray moonstone, rainbow moonstone, crazy lace ag ...

NOT SINCE THE 1920S, when top jewelry houses like Tiff any and Lalique created notable pieces around moon- stone, has the gem be ...

Trends Shamila Jiwa Rings Moonstone, Namibian chalcedony, rutilated quartz, citrine, tourmaline PHOTO: COURTESY SHAMILA JIWA Sha ...

Recognized as a June birthstone and historically deemed a lucky gem, moonstone is a variety of the mineral feldspar. Amazonite, ...