Who says engagement rings must be made with diamonds? This question, of course, is a bit cheeky, as jewellery professionals are no doubt familiar with the answer. This long-standing tradition is the result of a fairly genius marketing campaign, which has been embraced by today’s fashion. Of course, things...
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For many starting out in the craft of jewellery fabrication and goldsmithing, sterling silver (or 925 silver) serves as the jumping off point into the world of working with precious materials and metals. A large component of jewellery fabrication requires the skills of soldering, annealing, and torch techniques. While...
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“What’s special about these garnets is the wonderful colour—an intense purple with red flashes we call ‘royal purple,’” says AJS owner, Arnold Silverberg. “The Mozambique material in particular has a bright open colour with wonderful brilliance.”
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Amidst the chaos, confusion, and general global unrest as of late, it can be easy to forget many of us are connected by the same passion: gemstones and jewellery.
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The hustle and bustle of the warm weather brings with it burgeoning excitement for the Las Vegas jewellery shows.
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In October 2021, Kyle Abram flew to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) project, a model for the future of ethical gold sourcing from small-scale mines.
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The way jewellers conduct business is changing. We have seen significant transformation in the past two years; beyond brick-and-mortar sales and trade show events, many professionals are finding other lucrative ways to buy and sell their pieces.
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While diamond mines in the Great White North are among the newest in the world, the diamonds they produce are the oldest on earth.
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Laboratory-grown diamonds have a long, fascinating history—one which saw scientists pushed to their limit, helped determine the outcome of a world war, and truly highlighted the genius of human ingenuity and invention.
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For this designer and bench jeweller, ‘Dreamweaver’ is the saga of the genesis and evolution of a jewellery design; the result of a collaboration between a team of talented craftspeople.
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