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cbilton.creato... In the latest episode on the Diamond Mounter channel I make this beautiful Aquamarine ring seen on Pintrest.
Almost my entire career I have often been given designs to replicate using stones that the customers already own and want to use. It very rarely is a straight forward thing to achieve!
With this in mind I thought the Aqua ring would be fun to make but using a large cushion shaped Topaz I have.
The Aqua rings collet has completely straight sides that match the stone so the challenge was to make a ring the looks the same but fits my Topaz that has very rounded sides and belly.
I wanted to show that with a little thought most technical problems can be overcome.
I show in detail every stage of the ring being made up to the point of joining the completed collet to the shank. I could not fully complete the mount as Im going to get the collet cast!
The channel has potential to grow in to a great archive of jewellers knowledge with your help.
With patrons support I will be able to offer far more information than I am currently able to.
With over 2 decades of knowledge gained in the jewellery trade working with some of the best diamond mounters in the UK I can train practitioners of jewellery making, up to and far beyond the skill level found in High Street jewellers workshops.
I have been lucky enough to have been taught by actual Bond Street shop model makers and my ambition is to share what I have learned through out my career to as many people as possible.
My vehicle to do this is the Diamond Mounter RU-vid channel and now after nearly 1 year of uploading video guides, its time to take it up a level.
My ambition is to be able to make instructional videos with not just silver, but gold and platinum also. Some proper jewellers soldering equipment will enable me to create much more special pieces too! This will open up a whole new world of information I have to share.
There are many specific methods and techniques used for the different precious metals and knowledge about gemstones I can teach that will never enter my videos unless I am actually working with them.
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Thank you,
C.Bilton
With this channel I will share with you the methods and techniques I have learned over the previous 23 years as a professional Jeweller.
I specialize in high end bespoke pieces made the old fashioned way by hand.
I wish to document everything I know and make accessible to everyone rare skills and techniques only usually taught in high security jewellers workshops.
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19 апр 2020
