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Oh Carol, I need to make a trip over to Colo. I'm not that far away. I-70 is very close. Hubby works for IBM so I know about the software engineer lifestyle. From your profile it sounds like we two would be great friends with similar interests.

Actually they have worked on the alloys for purple gold and some of them are not so brittle. In fact one former student of Alan's has the patent on severl variations that some of which are malable to a degree. As a metalsmith first then a jeweler, working with these alloys is not beyond me. I...

When I was at the Revere Academey, Alan brought in a piece of purple gold one day. Unless you have pure 24K gold, you mix in different metals to alloy the Karat gold you want. I can't remember which other metal was mixed in off the top of my head, but it is just a different recipe as it were...

Infrared photography done with film, will go through synthetics, but not organic materials. A digigizmo will not do anything more than show the variences of the light striking the surface. Infrared uv lighting will do nothing for you other than give interesting light patterns. O read this...

Quality you will get from either man. Vasken teaches at the Revere Academy of Jewelry arts, and Ken owns the top Jewelry store in Park City catering to celebrities. I've worked with both men and can vouch for their extremely high quality. An option not many know about is purple high karat...

Tiffany settings are overpriced! I've created several takes on their settings for men whose fiances wanted only Tiffany. Go to a nice custom jeweler and they can create what ever you want, in the metal you want. Two that come to mind are Ken Whipple at Park City Jewelers in Park City Utah...

I'm experiencing pure unadultrated lust. Is it for sale?

DITTO! Carol I'll split with you since we live sorta close.

So Josh that means I better get in on this years harvest? Is this the time to let my banker get his 4th computer for his office? Se he gets computer stuff, and I get things like pearls and diamonds.

To some free trade is as believable as bumper bearins and spark plug oil. I did an editorial last year in my magazine about a company in Santa Clara California (computer company) that claimed they used free range plastics. I called them about it, and their reasoning is that plastics were made...

Aw shucks, I thought I had completed my purchase. At least I hope you got my reservation on the one I liked. I have some Mokame kicking around out in my bench that I made years ago. I'll see if I can come up with a good setting for you from what I have.

Ditch the pics with the patterned dress. They are too busy and distract from the pearls. Next ditch all the pics with light colored pearls, reason bneing again you lose the pearls in the pictures. With a white background, a light skinned person, the pearls are lost. We here will look for the...

Another area I know quite a bit about. As a publisher of a photography magazine, this gets hashed over regularly. When in public there is no expectation of privacy. Thus celebrities are open game for the paparazzi. The only time this can be litigated is when the photo has a minor in it...

If my banker (hubby) saw my reaction to those pearls he would cut off my internet connection!

Last night as I was falling asleep your comment about doing the line in gold struck me again. You can do a partial gold/silver setting. If not a marriage of different metals in full, you can do Kum Boo where you literally adhere gold foil to the surface with high heat. I personally like gold...

Careful that relationship could spin out of control!

Well I bought a necklace. I look forward to getting it. I just wish the lily earrings could be redesigned to make it a set.

I just spent a bit of time plowing through this full thread. Tom are you going to be Tucson again this year? If so what time period and which show? I'm feeling an Eegee's attack happening about Feb.

gold spot market as of Friday afternoon's close was down to $830. Insiders i know at metal refiners tell me it is dropping slowly but they expect it to go down considerably in the next year. People are dumping their gold jewelry, and the fear that it will go up like the housing market did then...

Silver cloth easily cleans the pieces between wearings. If you are worried just get a tarnish strip and put it in with your silver pieces while stored and it will be fine. Rhodium lasts a very long time, but will add to the price. I could make these myself, but like to support other people...