Jewel Stories
Dedicated to meaningful personal expression with the art form of JEWELRY.
Friday, March 22, 2013
SHELL CAMEOS Carving Quality Illustrated
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Over the last two weeks, I've had a large collection of mid-20th century shell cameos consigned to me for sale. All of them involved ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Review of EMERALDS: A PASSIONATE GUIDE
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Green View Press, 2009, available from www.emeraldpassion.com This beautiful, lavishly illustrated book is well named, because author Ro...
Friday, January 13, 2012
"Wedding Cakes": Venetian Fiorato Beads
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Venetian Glass Beads I recently received a collection of beautiful old glass beads from an estate with instructions to sell them, and t...
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Some Thoughts on Saltwater Akoya Pearls
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Pearls. It is difficult to find any other category of fine jewelry that has changed more radically in the last 100 years than this one. ...
A Primer on Pearl Stringing
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Need to know how best to care for your pearls? Let’s begin with the foundation of the pearl necklace. It is strongly advised that pearls...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
OPALS: PARADIGM SHIFT
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Virgin Valley, Nevada Opal. Photo courtesy of Chris Ralph Today's blog is dedicated to Oregon jeweler extraordinaire, Norm Hollida...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
OPALS: LOVE & TRANSFORMATION (Part Two)
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When I first started working in the jewelry industry, the opal jewelry most often sold in America was the Australian white solid opal. ...
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