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Alan Jacobs
Primary Medium Jewelry
Description of Work The artist utilizes the lapidary arts creating fine jewelry pieces going through multiple steps from rough stone to finished cabochon. Completed cabochon is set in handmade silver bezel and bale.
Chapter Southwest
Company/Business Jacobs' Stone Impressions
Artist Statement
The artist utilizes the lapidary techniques to create necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings. The process begins by selecting a rough stone, mineral, or fossil to be cut and shaped. The color and beauty are enhanced by running the piece through a series of grinding stages from coarse to very fine to polished. The result is a free-form cabochon. At this point, some cabochons are selected to be inlayed with a complimentary stone like Australian and Mexican opal. This gives the piece a three-dimensional effect. A pendant is created by placing the cabochon in handcrafted silver bezel. If a pendant is chosen to be made into a necklace, a bail is soldered on to the bezel so it can hang on complementary beads or silver chain. This process ultimately produces a beautiful one of a kind lapidary jewelry piece. The same technique is used to also create rings, bracelets, and earrings.
The artist utilizes the lapidary techniques to create necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings. The process begins by selecting a rough stone, mineral, or fossil to be cut and shaped. The color and beauty are enhanced by running the piece through a series of grinding stages from coarse to very fine to polished. The result is a free-form cabochon. At this point, some cabochons are selected to be inlayed with a complimentary stone like Australian and Mexican opal. This gives the piece a three-dimensional effect. A pendant is created by placing the cabochon in handcrafted silver bezel. If a pendant is chosen to be made into a necklace, a bail is soldered on to the bezel so it can hang on complementary beads or silver chain. This process ultimately produces a beautiful one of a kind lapidary jewelry piece. The same technique is used to also create rings, bracelets, and earrings.
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