![]() I'd be curious if anyone has ever tried something with a Penrose tiling pattern (which can get pretty strange)?Īdditionally, another interesting set of designs would be ones featuring the golden spiral. I also know Fred Van Sant had a lot of regular tiling patters - triangle, square, and hexagon checkerboards (including the stone featured in the logo for the USFG). I know Arya has a whole series of tessellation pattern on the Gemology Project database, which represent the bulk of the 11 different tilings. MC Escher was famous for his tessellations, which were based off of various tiling patterns. I haven't seen one with a horse - that's interesting.Īnother interesting category of novelty cuts are the ones with tiling patterns. (Note: Because they are so common in normal facet designs, this list avoids stars and flowers unless they are truly unique or lifelike.) Nabi Butterfly by Jeff Ford: USFG Newsletter - March 2009 (19, no. So what else is there out there that could be described as "novelty are the stone that I found with big tables and pavilions featuring frosted facets which form an image: It's fun way to spell someone's name on a bracelet you make for them - for example. Letters of the Alphabet - in the 2000 USFG Newsletters (Mar-Dec) Fred Van Sant published a series of designs for creating the letters of the alphabet on the crowns of rose-cut stones. GemCAD files, produced by Jeff, for the Platonic solids and Archimedian solids can also be found in the OPLC CD. Polyhedra - a few years back Jeff Ford publish an article (USFG Newsletter - June 2004) describing a method for faceting the platonic solids. I thought it would be fun to put together a list of unique and novelty designs - you know the designs that break a lot of the standard rules and sometimes don't even look like gemstones. They don't necessary have great optical performance, but they represent some serious creativity in terms of angle design or they touch on something historical. But, every now and then, I stumble onto some interesting designs that I want to cut for the sheer novelty factor. Just the standard gemstone patterns are amazing works of art. One of the things that drew me to faceting is the interplay between precise craftsmanship, optics, gemology, geometry, and art. Master Diamond Cutter Lapidary to the ForumĪ non-profit Forum for the exchange of gemological ideas Gemologist, Master Goldsmith, Forsberg, FGA Gemologist, Geologist, Jewelry Scarani, IGI, GG LaShawn Bauer's Guide to Jewelry Appraising Identifying Gems w ⁄o Instruments,W.Wm Hanneman, PhD Sterling and Retated Topics including valuation and ![]() Alphabetical List: Books on Gems, Minerals, Jewelry, 10-5Īnything purchased in the bookshop earns a small commission for GO. November 18-21-PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA: Annual show JOGS Palm Springs Gem & Jewelry Show Palm Springs Convention Center Fri.
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