https://Gerrysdiamondsettingessays.blogspot.com: 2023-04-16

I find that the many styles of rings of 'gold & diamonds' that are seen today are nice. I enjoyed these elegant & breathtaking "Pieces of Wearable Art". Here are a few of my own creations 'these have not been plagiarized' from internet sites.

This little bauble has 326 diamonds, plus a handful of gemstones. Many of these creations in this essay were crafted with helpful assistance of CAD.

I used my hand to let you see the overall size of this pendant.

Before the finished stages, there were many areas of development.

I decided to keep my client updated continually, on my progress.

Although this pendant had its own 43.8 gram weight, his chain was also very HEAVY.

I like to make jewellery that is so 'out of the box'.

I call this photo "Sunburst", as I took this photo outside and the Sun was reflecting off of the many gemstones.

In Asian cultures, the number "8" is a number for health & wealth. I initially wanted to promote this item for sales to the Asian market, but declined.

On the larger 1 carat stones there were an estimated 18.00 carats in weight. The original was created just for the appraisal. I gave back the diamonds to my diamond dealer, but I made this silver copy for posterity.

This is my version of an "American Flag".

My client-friend came and asked me in desperation "Gerry, would you set this Pear-shape, Genuine Emerald and the diamonds?"

"As three other setters refused, as there is a deep inclusion at the underneath point in the Pavillion."

I gladly accepted this challenge and here is the visual proof of what I did.

I spent 3 hours preparing and setting this ultra-expensive Emerald. YES, I used my Reciprocating Hammer to work the 18 kt. gold over this soft gemstone.

Where-ever the facet corners were touching the Bezel frame, I used my round bur to make 'seats or clearance' at those points of contact.

I used CAD in designing this 3-piece Gents ring. One piece was just for the Blue-Sapphire insert, and the second insert was for the circular Azure inside the ring. The next piece was the main ring frame.

My idea was to incorporate the many Casino suites inside the ring, cute idea?

This "MIAMI-DOLPHIN" trophy was given to me as a blank (no drilled holes). My "American client" asked me to decide where each diamond should be placed. I photographed every step in the drilling, holding and setting processes.

In this Heart-Shaped pendant, I've incorporated many features of Diamond Setting patterns. One of which are "psuedo-beads" in between the white stones. All of this graver cutting and bead-setting was done prior to any stone setting.

My wife wears a similar ring to this pattern, the two sides are NOT JOINED together.

I've seen so many patterns being named as "Fish-Tail", that is so far from the truth. The hand engraved design looks like a Fish's Tail with it's two eyes.