But the gems are almost always asymmetrical and idiosyncratic. That process, he noted, severely limits his output. In 2024, for example, he cut just 61 gems; his career output, as of this month ...

For millennia, craft workers have cut and shaped gems to fit jewelry of the wealthy and powerful, barely aware of the magickal undercurrents they brought forth in the process. In Nightingale ...

In the current year, the college’s students have won two medals at the Russian WorldSkills championships - in jewelry and in gem cutting. The market participants say it is necessary to focus on ...