by Polly Gasston | May 10, 2021 | Gems
When I put a new piece of jewellery into stock I usually just describe the stone as ‘cabochon’ or ‘faceted’ but actually, I should get more technical when it comes to the facet cut stones we use because there are so many different types of cut....
by Polly Gasston | Apr 19, 2021 | Gems
Jasper and Jade aren’t named for Jim and Judy’s twins in this instance but are two of the three gems in the directory of gems that begin with J. The third one is Jet which I wrote about a while ago, and I thought I should look at these two as well. Jasper...
by Polly Gasston | Apr 5, 2021 | Gems
There’s no telling what will inspire my next article, and this week I was surprised that it was the curtains in my conservatory that did the job! For no particular reason they made me wonder about stars in jewellery, and most particularly the significance of...
by Polly Gasston | Mar 8, 2021 | Gems
The other day we brought out a collection of lovely stones that Polly bought at auction, with a view to deciding which we’d use first. They’re lovely pieces but none of them are perfect (which makes them perfect for us, of course) and it got me thinking about...
by Polly Gasston | Feb 8, 2021 | Gems
Since Polly came back to the bench in 2007 after a 30 year hiatus, her work has been, and still is, influenced by the ancient jewellers; mycenaean, Egyptian, Persian and of course Roman. Recently we’ve been drawn to Roman design quite a lot, in particular...
by Polly Gasston | Jan 11, 2021 | Gems
The word jet used to conjure up images of clouds flying by below and a gut full of excitement, but not so these days. These days the jet I’m thinking about is black and shiny and used in jewellery. I didn’t know anything about it and wonder whether I can tell you...
