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QUARTZ

Saturday, May 4th, 2013

Posted by Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC Quartz is a very common mineral in the earth’s crust (second to feldspar in abundance), and comes in a variety of colors. Seen here is a cluster of quartz crystals. Quartz is silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the primary mineral in sand. Quartz has a hardness of seven [...]

Tags: Amethyst, citrine, faceted quartz, gemstone jewelry, gemstones, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade jewelry, nautural gemstones, quartz gemstones, quarz

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Tanzanite

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

This is the first in a series of blogs featuring gemstones other than the big four (diamond, ruby, sapphire and emerald). Each monthly blog will feature a different colored gemstone. The correct division of gemstones is white and colored. There is only one white gem-diamond. All others (including several in clear/white) are called colored gemstones. [...]

Tags: gemstone facts, gemstones, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade rings, learning about gemstones, Tanzanite

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Featured Artist Lori of Clover Blue

Sunday, January 6th, 2013

Lori did not start out to learn everything possible about stones, gems and jewelry making, more like it hit her when she stumbled upon a unique piece of jewelry with an aqua colored gem attached to a twist of wire. Rather than walk away, she found herself obsessed with finding out what this sparkly treasure [...]

Tags: bracelet, clover blue, gemstones, Handmade, handmadeartists, jewelry, necklace

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2012 is Dead…… Long Live 2013….,, and Your Money!

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Ok……….. so it’s no great secret to those that know me or have read articles about me in various places, but I was, in my previous life in London, a self taught financial accountant. I worked for many years in the advertising industry and ran multi-million $ accounts. Yes, it was stressful and looking back, [...]

Tags: 2012, 2013, art, artisan, beads, craft, gemstones, handcrafted, Handmade Products, jewellery, jewelry, money, tax, write-offs

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Technology Changing the Face of Handmade

Friday, September 14th, 2012

As I have aged I have had the privilege to see many advances in technology. Astronautics from the orbit of Sputnik, the landing on the moon to space stations and shuttles and recently the Mar’s rover. At the same time, slide rules giving way to calculators to personal computers. Data input changes, punch cards to [...]

Tags: gemstones, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade tools, is it handmade, machine made, sewing

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My Sunday Doodles

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Do you ever doodle? I do it all the time, not on paper, with stones and wire. I use my wire like a paintbrush to create my art jewelry. I consider and call myself an artist I just use a very non-tradional approach:) I suppose like most creative people I am a bit eccentric,LOL!! I [...]

Tags: art, copper, creative, doodling, gemstones, moonstone, Pink, scrap, wirework

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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 [...]

Tags: accessories, artist, beaded, cabochons, chainmaille, Creative Handmade Artisans, gemstones, hand cut cabs, handcrafted, Handmade, Handmade Harbor, handmade jewelry

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Featured Artist T.Rusk4u

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Most people in this day and age have made, what they would concider, friends via the internet. Sometimes, those friends become very special to you over time which is the case of a very talented jewelry designer who passionately supports the handmade movement! Teresa grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before meeting her husband [...]

Tags: buy handmade, gemstones, handmade jewelry, handmade pendant, sterling silver jewelry

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Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC

Friday, September 30th, 2011

John Atwell Rasmussen, AKA GemLover, is an amazing talent that combines gemstones and metal to show off the best of each element. John has always had a love of collecting rocks and minerals, but only began creating wearable art in the last few years. John did major in geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, [...]

Tags: gemstones, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade jewelry, Handmade Products

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Why I Knot Between the Beads

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Knotting between the beads is important for a variety of reasons. Bead stringing, properly speaking, is a form of rigging. Where a knot is placed, it strengthens the cord three-fold. Consequently, if cord with a tensile strength of 17lbs. The cord is strengthened to 51lbs.10lb-test becomes 30lbs, etc. Thus, it secures the beads. This is [...]

Tags: beaded, beading, beads, crafts, Creative Handmade Artisans, gemstones, jewellery, jewelry, knotting between beads

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gemstones

QUARTZ

Tanzanite

Featured Artist Lori of Clover Blue

2012 is Dead…… Long Live 2013….,, and Your Money!

Technology Changing the Face of Handmade

My Sunday Doodles

Future Jewelry

Featured Artist T.Rusk4u

Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC

Why I Knot Between the Beads

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