The Bench Blog

Stone setting is one of the most important (and in demand) skills when it comes to jewellery making and it is the only skill that… Read More »Stone Setting for Beginners (How to Get Started)

Taking good pictures of jewellery is a challenge but in this tutorial, I’m not going taking pictures for product listings, instead I am going to… Read More »Jewellery Photography From The Bench

Claw or Prong Settings (depending on where you live!) are one of the most popular styles of settings, especially for engagement rings but how do… Read More »How To Set A Stone In A Claw (Prong) Setting

Even though jewellery purists don’t like it, there is no doubt that CAD or Computer Aided Design is now an integral part of the jewellery… Read More »Rhino vs Matrixgold vs 3Design

It is the 5th edition of the bench blog and as with last week, I actually haven’t done anything hands on this week! This is… Read More »The Diamond Course! – Bench Blog #5

So this week hasn’t been a particularly productive one and to be honest, I feel quite down as I am writing this. Why am I… Read More »New Gemstone! – Bench Blog Episode #4

First off, welcome to the first of my weekly bench blogs! I decided to create these weekly blogs not only as a way to make… Read More »Cleaning Up Castings! – Bench Blog Episode #1

In 2015, I started selling gemstone jewellery through my online sales outlets and while this was incredibly exciting to start with, I soon realised that… Read More »How I Became a Gemmologist

So earlier this year, I upgraded my cheap and cheerful pendant drill to the Foredom K1070 Micromotor and I have had quite a few people… Read More »Foredom K1070 High Speed Micromotor Review