Using the right gemstone can really add that special touch to a piece of jewellery but when you are just getting started, choosing which gemstones to use can be...
Jewellery Photography From The Bench
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 be looking taking pictures...
How To Set A Stone In A Claw (Prong) Setting
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 successfully set a stone...
Rhino vs Matrixgold vs 3Design
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 industry but as with...
The Diamond Course! – Bench Blog #5
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 because I not only...
New Gemstone! – Bench Blog Episode #4
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 feeling down? There has...
Cleaning Up Castings! – Bench Blog Episode #1
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 sure I am doing...
Stone Setting Short Course @ BCU School of Jewellery Review
After spending 3 years studying Diamonds and Gemstones at the School of Jewellery, it was time to learn something new and I’m not 100% sure why, but of all...
How I Became a Gemmologist
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 selling things that you...