DIFFERENT SEASONS JEWELRY DESIGN

CUSTOM & ONE-OF-A-KIND JEWELRY AND LAPIDARY

BY JESSICA DOW AND MARK ANDERSON
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Name: Jessica and Mark
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Interests: Hand fabricated metalwork techniques and casting, sketching, gem carving & all other lapidary arts, rock-hounding, sculpture, mythology ,collecting high end and rare gems,Traveling, photography, writing jewelry and lapidary related articles, spirituality, our family:)
Expertise: Bench Jeweler/ Silversmith& Goldsmith, Jewelry Design, Lapidary Arts.
Occupation: Bench Jeweler, Custom Jewelry
Industry: Jewelry, Lapidary & Gem Sales


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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Gem Dinosaur Bone Wedding Ring Set


14k Gem Dinosaur Bone Wedding Set



14k Dinosaur Gembone Wedding Set

The newest additions to our gembone jewelry portfolio… a custom designed 14k gold wedding set with colorful gembone inlay. The women’s ring has two sections of gembone inlay on either side of a 1 carat+ princess cut diamond set in a platinum. The men’s ring has one thick section of incredible gem dinosaur bone inlay within a substantial 14k band.
Both rings custom carved and cast in-house by Mark Anderson.

The rings were made from this gem dinosaur bone~
Beautiful Gembone Slab

Slab 3 of gembone for wedding ring set

A few shots of the set~

14k Gold Gembone Wedding Set

14k Gold Gembone Wedding Set

14k diamond and gembone ring

14k diamond and gembone ring

14k Gembone Wedding Ring

14k Gembone Wedding Ring

For more dinosaur gembone jewelry, dinosaur gembone specimen examples and dinosaur gembone mineral information please visit our previous blog post here~

http://differentseasons.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/08/08/agatized-dinosaur-bone/










Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Jessica's First Article~ Lapidary Journal, June 2007

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~ Photo of Page 18 Lapidary Journal, June, 2007~

~Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist~

 http://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/



My first published article will be available in the June, 2007 issue of Lapidary Journal (pages 18-22). It is the first issue distributed under the magazine's new name "Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist". I did a step-by-step project detailing how to make a pierced opal pendant. These are a few of the shots included in my original submission. Mark Anderson and I also have the sugilite brooch we made together featured in the Contributor's Gallery of the same issue (Page 40) .  Mark and I are currently working on other projects for Lapidary Journal, which will be published sometime in the fall.

The June issue should be available for purchase this week.


Pierced Sterling Pendant w/ 32 carat Andamooka Gem Matrix Opal & 14k Bezel


~Drilling template in preparation for piercing~



~Piercing Pendant Base~



~Forming Wire Overlay~





 ~Pierced overlay for signature stamp~



~Forming and soldering bezel cup~






Brooch by Mark Anderson and Jessica Dow
Featured in June's Contributor's Gallery

Check out more of Mark Anderson's jewelry and lapidary work~
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~ Photo of Page 40 Lapidary Journal, June, 2007~

~Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist~

 http://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/


My pendant on the cover of Lapidary Journal's new subscription flyer :)


Waves of Sunstone

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~Pierced sterling silver, carved African sunstone & faceted Oregon sunstone accents~

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This carved African sunstone pendant was made by Jessica Dow and Mark Anderson for a step-by-step project in the September issue of Lapidary Journal's Jewelry Artist magazine.
The September issue is now available.

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~Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist~  
 

http://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/






Sunstone Rough I

~This is the African suntone gem material Mark used for his carving~



Marks sunstone carving


Photos Excerpts from Sept. 2007 Article Lapidary Journal's Jewelry Artist Magazine

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Article II


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Mark Anderson in Jewelry Artist Magazine

My partner Mark Anderson's step-by-step article in August's issue of Lapidary Journal's Jewelry Artist in currently on the stands. Mark made a custom Argentium silver cast ring with inlaid Mexican agate and also made a cast Argentium silver ring with gem dinosaur bone for the Contributor's Gallery. Mark and I have our next article in the magazine's September issue featuring our first collaboration piece.

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Photo of original Jewelry Artist Article August, 2007 Pages 18 & 19

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~Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist~

http://www.jewelryartistmagazine.com/





~Mark's Mexican Agate Ring~
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These are a few of the shots Mark and his brother Shawn took for the article.
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This is the gem grade dinosaur bone ring Mark made for the Contributor's Gallery.

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Photo of original Jewelry Artist Article August, 2007 Page 43

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Jewelry and Lapidary by Jessica Dow and Mark Anderson



Art Jewelry Feature September 2008

Sept 2007 Art Jewelry

"Blue Velvet"
Black Opal & Sapphire Pendant by Jessica Dow & Mark Anderson
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Our Blue Velvet pendant is featured on the cover of the September 2008 issue of Art Jewelry Magazine.
The article ( pages 58-67 ) consists of three parts pendant fabrication,
hand engraving detailing and an advanced portion on fabricating Mark's tension set "V-setting" bail.


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*This is our 4th jewelry related article within the past year. You can see our previous articles on piercing, gem carving and gem inlay by browsing through our previous blog entries. We have another article coming out in the fall.. stay tuned for details!:)



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