Category: Precision Cutting
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2019 Updates to Policies
I realize that I’ve been terrible about updating the page for the past year, and I’m hoping that things will start to turn around shortly. I wanted to post an update that there will be changes made to the following policies that will take place at 12:01am January 1, 2019.…
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Gem Blast: Holiday Edition
It has been a crazy week, with a family birthday plus Thanksgiving and then ten completed projects when I was expecting 5, plus a bunch of gems. I have more on the way, and with the holidays gearing up, things are just bound to get crazier! So this week, I’m…
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Incoming Gemstones
Whoa! Gemstones ahoy! I got a couple of packages from a couple of collectors looking to consign items, and there are some really awesome gems, and a couple of finished jewelry pieces. Some of the stand outs include: 40+ carats of green garnets: tsavorite, demantoid, mint, including melee! 2+ carat…
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Engaged: 3 Stone Spinel
Sometimes the best projects are the most terrifying. Warning – this post is picture heavy! A while back I had a new client come to me and she said, “I don’t know what I want, but really like the Accolade band, and a few other settings. Can you design my…
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Feature: Dan and Cindi Stair
Daniel and Cynthia Stair are the owners and gem cutters at Custom Gemstones and I have known them for many years, after first striking up a conversation when I was looking for my engagement ring stone. I recently reached out to Dan with a whole bunch of questions and he answered every…
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Miscellaneous Announcements & Gems
As per usual, things have been a bit crazy around here. I’ve been able to spend some time working on some custom projects, which has been a nice change of pace from non-stop painting and renovation. Luckily, I think that’s coming to a close (FINALLY!) and things should be wrapping…
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Personal Shopping: Lavender Sapphire
Well this week has been crazy. We have had some insane weather here in the Pacific Northwest, including snow, rain (enough for Seattle schools to close, if you can imagine that amount of rain), 70+mph winds, freezing fog, and then record high temperatures. Yes, it was in the 50s this…
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Gem Blast: Boutique Gems
So, I’ve mentioned before how many photos I take in any given photography session. These were taken in the last photography session I had before the sun went away for a week. I think I ended up taking about 400 photos in this particular session and I wanted to share…
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Gem Blast: Tanzanite
I love purple-blues, and nothing does purple-blue quite like tanzanite. I’ve seen super saturated vivid purples and blues, but nothing gets to me like the violet/lavender/periwinkle shades between. I don’t think cuts get any better than this, but unfortunately, it makes it incredibly difficult to photograph perfectly cut gemstones. I spent…
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Diamond Rose Cuts
Since diamond is the birthstone for April, I’ll stick with writing about them for the most part this month. It really helps that I’ve been playing with them a lot lately in a variety of forms. So today I want to talk about a rarer form that diamonds take on:…
The Gemstone Project 