glowpear
10-12-2012, 07:32 PM
Evening all,
This is not my first post, but I have since read that it is good form to introduce yourself before posting so apologies for that. I am a hobby gold and silversmith of a few years on and off and I live in Hamburg, Germany. I have a small workshop space that I use once a week, I am mostly self taught and I do courses when I can although my 8 month old daughter is keeping me a bit too busy for any nice, interesting courses at the moment! My question is to do with pave set stones, which I don't have any experience of to date.
I am looking to bezel set a gorgeous cushion shaped cabochon aquamarine stone that I picked up at a trade fair recently. I am looking to set the stone with a lip protruding from the base of the bezel cup to allow for a small row of pave set 1-1.5mm diamonds (not yet purchased), which I cannot do myself and will take to a professional setter to ensure results. What I would like to know from one of you knowledgeable sorts is how thick the metal for the back of the bezel cup needs to be? The setter I spoke to was spectacularly unhelpful and with the price of gold being what it is I want to keep my costs as low as possible. With such small stones I would expect the diamonds would not need to be open backed, but I don't know if there are any other factors I need to consider with pave set stones. I have checked my books and done some searches online but I am not feeling very confident.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Glowpear.
This is not my first post, but I have since read that it is good form to introduce yourself before posting so apologies for that. I am a hobby gold and silversmith of a few years on and off and I live in Hamburg, Germany. I have a small workshop space that I use once a week, I am mostly self taught and I do courses when I can although my 8 month old daughter is keeping me a bit too busy for any nice, interesting courses at the moment! My question is to do with pave set stones, which I don't have any experience of to date.
I am looking to bezel set a gorgeous cushion shaped cabochon aquamarine stone that I picked up at a trade fair recently. I am looking to set the stone with a lip protruding from the base of the bezel cup to allow for a small row of pave set 1-1.5mm diamonds (not yet purchased), which I cannot do myself and will take to a professional setter to ensure results. What I would like to know from one of you knowledgeable sorts is how thick the metal for the back of the bezel cup needs to be? The setter I spoke to was spectacularly unhelpful and with the price of gold being what it is I want to keep my costs as low as possible. With such small stones I would expect the diamonds would not need to be open backed, but I don't know if there are any other factors I need to consider with pave set stones. I have checked my books and done some searches online but I am not feeling very confident.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Glowpear.