http://taogem.com inexpensive wholesale interesting unique unusual loose cut gemstone cabochons supplies for designing custom jewelry Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:21:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are several types of settings for gemstone cabochons that will be set after firing the metal clay. Fine silver bezel wire. Wrap a strip of fine silver bezel wire around the base of a cabochon. Test fit and adjust the bezel over your cabochon on a flat surface. There shouldn't ... http://taogem.com/general/bezel-setting-gemstone-cabochons-post-firing-with-silver-metal-clay/ When I first decided to try to sell on the internet there was one thing that still stands out from all the suggestions that were offered through a number of online internet sales forums. It was strongly suggested to specialize and revolve the business around a specific niche. For myself it ... http://taogem.com/general/bezel-setting-and-beveled-gemstone-information-for-custom-jewelry-designers/ Some time ago I received my first piece of Chatoyant Feather Malachite. I had seen pictures of finished cabochons of it before and was very excited to finally get to cab some. Initially I was very disappointed because for the life of me, I could not get a polished finish. With this ... http://taogem.com/general/chatoyant-feather-malachite-gemstone-cabochons-for-custom-bezel-type-jewelry-designing/ Blog Traffic is something that we all want to see. Especially targeted blog traffic. There are several ways to achieve that and probably thousands of different articles on the subject. I'm going to add to the mix with a site that I have run across that looks promising. If you noticed ... http://taogem.com/general/blog-rush-promotes-your-posts-to-related-related-blogs/ Link to store wide sale. If your familiar with TaoGem prices, then you already know how inexpensive they are. Twice a year I like to have a nice little sale and mark everything down twenty percent. On top of that, there are no shipping costs either for National or International gemstone orders. This ... http://taogem.com/general/store-wide-semi-annual-gemstone-cabochon-discount-sale-for-jewelry-design/ Blog entry's are a great way to be seen in search engine results. So this blog entry is simply to show off a few pairs that I have made while including a link to my gemstone store for jewelry designers to check out. Hopefully so as to find something that they ... http://taogem.com/general/matched-earring-gemstone-cabochon-pairs-for-jewelry-design/ Here is another absolutely beautiful gemstone mineral I totally enjoy making cabochons from. This mostly Azurite with druzy mixed with a little Malachite rough I purchased at a local fair. I had been befriending the owner who together with his wife spend the summer setting up their jewelry booth throughout the ... http://taogem.com/general/how-to-cut-sand-and-polish-azurite-malachite-druzy-gemstone-cabochons/ This was my first time having the opportunity to work with this Tourmaline in Quartz mineral. When I first looked through the piece of rough, was not entirely sure if it would be all that much better to slice it one direction over another. The black Tourmaline really did not cluster ... http://taogem.com/general/cutting-shaping-sanding-and-polishing-a-tourmaline-in-quartz-mineral-gemstone-cabochon/ I was recently given a little bit of nice Chinese Pietersite Rough that was able to get a couple of small slabs out of. After slabbing up the couple of small slabs thought might share one of my favorite cabs that finished. I have a couple more on the bench ... http://taogem.com/general/chinese-pietersite-rough-slabs-cut-shaped-and-polished-gemstone-cabochons/ No everyone has the same setup. Mine has a metal banding with a hooked spring attachment. My disc is an eight inch, so I order ten inch leather so it is much easier to hold in place while trying with three hands and a foot to keep everything together. I like to ... http://taogem.com/general/how-to-replace-gemstone-oxide-leather-polishing-pad-with-flat-disc/ I just felt like posting how some examples of multiple gemstone sets that are excellent for use in bezel and other silver smithing kinds of settings. I always cut gemstone cabochon sets like these from the same slab. The idea being to have an awesome matching appearance by utilizing colors, grain, ... http://taogem.com/general/how-to-tutorial-make-multiple-gemstone-cabochon-pendants-sets-for-bezel-and-silver-smith-settings/ I have had several requests for drilled gemstones. 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In response to that, I created a new ZenCart for shopping gemstone cabochon jewelry supplies. Much more user friendly. Gemstone ... http://taogem.com/general/new-gemstone-cabochon-supply-e-store-for-custom-jewelry-design/ Every imaginable type of jasper for gemstone jewelry designing. For a silversmith who uses gemstones in your settings. For designing silver metal clay gemstone jewelry pieces, or for any other type of gemstone jewelry. Especially any gemstone jewelry designs that use bezel settings. Here are just a few examples of different ... http://taogem.com/general/jasper-gemstone-cabochon-for-bezel-setting-jewelry-design/ There are a lot of different types of Fossilized Coral, not to mention fossilized material as a whole. The one I have some experience with cutting for customers who make custom gemstone, bezel type setting jewelry is this Indonesian Fossilized Coral. Here is an example of what I am most familiar ... http://taogem.com/general/indonesian-fossil-coral-cutting-and-polishing-for-gemstone-bezel-type-custom-jewelry-design/ I had some of this a while back and the cabochons turned out excellent. At the time I did not know what it was called. At that time, I had thought it might have been a type of Wave Jasper. The other day a friend of mine gave me another piece ... http://taogem.com/general/steps-on-how-to-cut-and-shape-dolomite-pendants-and-matched-earring-cabochons-for-custom-jewelry-design-settings/ The single most important hurdle for a beginner is getting at least somewhat of a handle on the graduated stages from grinding, sanding and a nice polish on a gemstone cabochon. Believe me.. I remember all to well. Bought my first combo unit. A Highland Park. It came with one course ... http://taogem.com/general/tutorial-guide-sanding-polishing-cabochons-for-gemstone-bezel-and-silver-metal-clay-jewelry-design/ A while back, came across some Serpentine Gemstone mineral that ended up being unlike anything I had tried to polish before. I could tell the material was certainly going to be some excellent looking gemstone material for custom jewelry designs. I like to share with anyone interested how these minerals look ... http://taogem.com/general/serpentine-minerals-used-for-custom-gemstone-silver-metal-clay-bezel-type-jewelry-settings/ I have been sending out a great many gemstones made of a variety of minerals to gemstone jewelry designers for over a year now. If you have subscribed to my site then you have probably been following along as I add new blog entries. More to the point of this blog ... http://taogem.com/general/interesting-unique-and-unusual-jasper-minerals-used-in-custom-gemstone-jewelry-design/