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This is a special project which we recently completed
for a Denver jewelry designer. The designer had a customer who
frequently traveled to Africa. His customer wanted a ring which
symbolized his love for the African continent. He wanted to use
faceted stones which are from Africa. He chose Tanzanite and Tsavorite.
He also wanted those stones surrounded by Black Jade. I assisted the
jewelry designer in incorporating the stones with his customer's
vision of using the shape of Africa. The ring was designed with a
computer aided CAD system to assure that the sizes and thicknesses of
the stones were proportioned correctly and made a very wearable ring.
After the ring was made and the faceted stones were sent in gold
bezels. I inlaid solid pieces of Black Jade around the bezels and
within the shape of Africa by carving triangular holes so that the
Black Jade sections fit down over the bezels and fit the shape of the
African coastline very tightly. This is a very time-consuming process
but the final result made the customer very happy.
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