Just a teaser...I've come up with a Covid-19 gem design that I'll post for auction sometime shortly! Proceeds over starting price will be donated to The Artists Safety Net. Thanks to u/cowsruleusall for the render!
is it okay to have sex in front of pets?
This bloke is disabled but it doesn’t stop him from making sick beats using his mouth.
[FO] well. This is what it looks like. 87K stitches and 18 months.
New design! Took the sparkly cushion and elongated it to this brilliant but classic long cushion! Orange leaning pad/peach lab sapphire
Belated Bday Drop 5: Small Sapphires, <$600+SH. And don’t forget the last garnet!
My full gems and ring collection
Bday Drop 4: Little round garnets are my comfort gems to cut. This set consists of rhodolite, two fluorescent Malayas, a mint grossular garnet, and a very fine tsavorite, all from Tanzania in Laborie’s “Titan.” $150-550+SH; see comment for keywords and shop policies.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It’s wonderful to see such a diversity of human desires, creativity, and love in our little shiny corner of the internet. Congrats to u/mellistu for winning the kornerupine!
Early bday giveaway (and tentative schedule)! This sugary mint kornerupine is cut in “Flicker", 5.15mm, 0.65ct. For a random chance to win it, please comment with your favorite birthday memory or ideal plan. Ends Wed 3/12 noon PST, shipping limited to USA bc of political BS.
Bday Drop 3: Garnets are my first gem love, and still have a huge place in my heart. These are five different gorgeous shades, cut in a mix of my newest designs and some older underappreciated ones. Please read the keywords and rules carefully, as I’ve added a new option for payment plans.
Bday Drop 2: Two different batches of the rare synthetic gem chrome forsterite! Please read the rules carefully, as I’ve added a new option for payment plans.
Bday Drop 1: Discounts on existing inventory! Please read the rules carefully, as I’ve added a new option for payment plans.
Client decided to go a different direction, so this unheated icy blue Ilakaka sapphire marquise is available! VSI (iron-stained inclusion near edge that can be covered by prong/bezel), 1.18ct, 4.68 x 9.23mm. $1475 + SH
What Exactly Is A "German Cut" Gemstone?
My bday is Tues 3/11 and I’ll have discounts and special gems! As an appetizer, I cut my biggest birthstone aquamarine yet. Unheated Mozambique, 5.69ct, 10.0x12.5mm, very nice blue, SI, in a new thistly-crowned cushion “Cynara”. Discounted from $1990 to $1425 + SH!
Who makes green sapphires?
Please give a beginner some advice
Flame orange-red Oregon sunstone in a modified Clayton design, eye clean except for a tiny wisp of schiller. 2.36ct, 6.77 x 9.11, $650 + SH
After four years in my care (and snails completely destroying the roots one season), my Dendrobium “aggregatum” finally bloomed! I can’t tell if it’s jenkinsii or lindleyi.
Who’s here for a bog witch gem? This dark teal-to-green Nigerian sapphire is heavily opalescent with an iron stained feather, cut in a checkerboard marquise. 0.94ct, 4.44 x 9.03mm, $475 + SH
Looking for Advice on Entry-Level Faceting Equipment for a Beginner – What Would You Recommend?
Whats a universally loved food that you secretly think is trash?
My favorite season is starting to unfurl! Three synthetic sapphires in a modified Voltolini’s “Hanami” paired with almond, plum, and peach blossoms. I wanted the suite to graduate in color, size, and depth of cut corner.
While the included lab alexandrite was a hit, perhaps a clean stone is more your taste? “Witchy” synthetic alexandrite oriented for MINIMAL color change (purple to purple), in “Crossbrace.” 2.19ct, 5.97 x 8.03mm, $660 + SH
