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[Ganoksin] [Issue #141] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
The Ganoksin Project
S i n c e 1 9 9 6 Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques http://www.ganoksin.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save The Date The 10th Annual Tucson Orchid Dinner, 2006 Date: Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 Time: 6:30pm - 11:30pm The Savoy Opera House 6541 East Tanque Verde Tucson, AZ 85715 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition: 1. Protective Ornament - Dressed for Defense 2. Cufflinks - Sleeve Statements 3. Swiss Jewelry Design In The 20th Century 4. Jewels Promise Good Fortune and Health 5. Gemstone Coloration and Dyeing - Browns and Yellows 6. Gemstone Coloration and Dyeing - The Greens 7. Create Multiple Gemstone Earrings Using Welding Technology 8. Some Notes On Custom-Made Jewelry Findings ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Protective Ornament - Dressed for Defense By Suzanne Ramljak Rarely do we think of jewelry as a matter of life and death. On the contrary, ornament is typically perceived as superfluous or even trivial. In spite of this view, jewelry and other bodily adornment can indeed facilitate our survival in various ways. Among the many roles that ornament performs, perhaps its most compelling is its ability to protect us from harm.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...e-ornament.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Cufflinks - Sleeve Statements By Anna Schwaderer and Christel Trimborn Although it can do two things at once - combine form and function - cufflinks disappeared from the world of men's shirt sleeves for a long time. However, a new generation of cufflinks is conquering the market and taking it by storm.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ink-design.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Swiss Jewelry Design In The 20th Century By Jan Jansen A representative cross-section of jewelry design in Switzerland in the last century, entitled "The Art of Jewelry in Switzerland in the 20th Century," was shown from June through August 2003 at the Museo Vela in Ligornetto. Thereafter, the exhibition was shown in other large European cities. This survey of the last century conveys an interesting and often also surprising impression of the techniques, preferences, and developments in the art of jewelry in a Switzerland caught on the cusp between yesterday and tomorrow.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/swiss-jewelry.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Jewels Promise Good Fortune and Health By Peter Henselder When the Babylonians observed the passage of the heavenly bodies across the firmament many thousands of years ago and believed that they had discovered the secrets of their effects on the fate of human beings, this also marked the dawning age in which gemstones were seen as bringers and guarantors of health and happiness. Their unusual colors and their scarcity certainly contributed to the fact that magic powers were attributed to gemstones in various, independent cultures as humanity emerged.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/gem-power.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Gemstone Coloration and Dyeing - Browns and Yellows By George W. Fischer At first consideration, it might seem poor organization to include browns and yellows in the same chapter. However, I do this because in some instances the same process imparts brown hues to some gemstone varieties and yellow to others. Admittedly, brown may not be a favorite gemstone color in nature among rockhounds and lapidaries, but the browns imparted by some of these processes to at least some of the gemstone varieties I have been using are attractive in cabochons made from them.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ems-dyeing.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Gemstone Coloration and Dyeing - The Greens By George W. Fischer It seems that everyone likes the greens in chemically colored gemstone. Probably this is because greens are almost universally pleasing to the eye. No doubt this accounts for the great popularity of naturally green gemstone such as jade, chrysoprase, emerald, malachite, etc. Fortunately, there are several processes that will impart green hues to some gemstone varieties.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ems-dyeing.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Create Multiple Gemstone Earrings Using Welding Technology By Mark B. Mann For this project, the No. 1 tip was used with the ABI Pulse Arc Welder. Five tips come with the unit giving the user multiple choices for the wide variety of welding applications commonly encountered by bench jeweler generalists. Periodically, the electrode and ceramic collar need reshaping.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...-multi-gem.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Some Notes On Custom-Made Jewelry Findings By Hali Baykov Hali Baykov offers here some diagrams and notes, with the basic steps in making specialized findings, including double pins and the use of a gallery to ensure there is good support and alignment with the brooches.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...m-findings.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelery makers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ganoksin Project (http://www.ganoksin.com) is the largest virtual single information source for searchable archived content for jewelry and metals in the world. Its 6,200 Orchid members foster sharing, support community, enhance productivity and encourage studio safety, by promoting education in the jewelry and metal arts worldwide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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