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Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC, The Beginning

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC began in 2008 when my wife purchased a parcel of gemstones from a television show. She brought them to me and said: “You’re the geologist, what are these?” Thus began my journey into gemmology. I queried the internet and found multiple textbooks and websites dedicated to gemmology. I purchased texts [...]

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This story is dedicated to all Artist’s working with their hands

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Grandpa, some ninety plus years young, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, he just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat, I wondered if he was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb him [...]

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Creating a Pendant

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

For those who want to see the basic process for creating a piece of jewelry, here is a chronicle through the creation of a necklace pendant. First a brass blank was selected to put my design on. I had an idea about a “drop” of metal with a stone inset at the bottom of the [...]

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Future Jewelry

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

In order to create my art, I first cut the stone that will go in the piece, then design around that. Here are two stones cut in the lapidary in the past week. The first is a piece of Lapis Lazuli about 2.5 inches long and it is very heavy. Will probably use it in [...]

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Vintage Remix!

Friday, November 25th, 2011

How do you do Vintage? The beauty in Vintage lies within the actual pieces’ ability to speak with you. Brooches are my favorite pieces to “Remix!” As I received these fascinating pieces Broochaliscious ideas took flight! Fabulous brooch finds placed together, offering total accessorization…just scrumpscious! Jewelry transformed with fantastic necklaces with the thinking “your neck [...]

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Some Great Fun

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

These projects turned out so well, I can’t resist showing them. A couple weeks ago I cut 8 beryl cabochons, some aquamarine, some emerald. The aquas have made two pendants. Here is the second: JR Aquamarine Pendant Freeform cabochon aquamarine weighing 43 carats in a Sterling silver wire frame accented with glass beads. The pendant [...]

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Spread the Love

Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC, The Beginning

This story is dedicated to all Artist’s working with their hands

Creating a Pendant

Future Jewelry

Vintage Remix!

Some Great Fun

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