Danse macabre

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Lee Downey, a designer of fossil ivory carvings in Bali, Indonesia, started as a silversmith with a capital provided by a hippie he met on the bus. In the late 1970s, Downey found himself making trips to California, India and at Tampak Siring in Indonesia where he was taught the art of carving.

Practice, Ivory carving, Downey, Lee

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Meditations on faceting: in Cape Town, South Africa, one of the world's most accomplished lapidaries opens the doors of his workshop

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Father Tony Garman, aged 90, one of the most colorful and accomplished lapidarists, discusses about his lapidary work. Anthony Garman, born in 1913 in Sellindge, Kent, in England, ordained as Catholic priest of the Salesians of St. John Bosco in 1942, is world famous.

United Kingdom, Jewelers' materials & lapidary work, Jewelers Materials & Lapidary Work, Jewelers' Material and Lapidary Work Manufacturing, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Works, Priests, Gem cutting, Garman, Tony

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Mean green

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Three jewelry designers, Mitzi Lynn, Grace Wintel, and Jonathan Passel, have a passion for green gemstones. Mitzi of Santa Fe, NM, works mostly on emeralds and peridots while, Passel of Austin, TX, concentrates on gaspeite, a bright-green nickel carbonate mineral.

Appreciation, Turquoise, Precious stones

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