Gem Cutting Tutorials

We collected several traditional "Ekipas" from Namibia and used one to manufacture a sterling silver ring. These decorative items, originally made in ivory were in use among the "Owambo" tribes in Namibia. Married women were usually gifted from their family and their man during special occasions and worn continually as neckpieces or at the waist, thanks to a leather string. For more info contact me at: Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/professionalgemcutting/ or http://www.vagabondbottle.com #ekipa #sterlingsilver #rings #lapidary #traditional #namibia #gemstone #ivory

Unheated and Untreated 100% natural Teal Sapphire. Loupe clean, 1.75 ct Sizes: 7.80x6.30x3.90 mm Precision Cut Cushion Shape. For more info contact me at: Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/professionalgemcutting/ or www.vagabondbottle.com Thanks for watching. God bless you!

Unheated and Untreated 100% natural Teal Sapphire. Loupe clean, 1.75 ct Sizes: 7.80x6.30x3.90 mm Precision Cut Cushion Shape. For more info contact me at: Fb page: https://www.facebook.com/professionalgemcutting/ or www.vagabondbottle.com Thanks for watching. God bless you!

A 3D Studio Max C.G.I. animation showing some optically accurate gems falling.

Learn how to recognize gems through this short course! Thanks for watching and God bless you. Paypal support: sutra1976@hotmail.com Fb page: Professional Gem Cutting www.vagabondbottle.com

Learn how to recognize gems through this short course! Thanks for watching and God bless you. Paypal support: sutra1976@hotmail.com Fb page: Professional Gem Cutting www.vagabondbottle.com

This video practically explains the reasoning and methods behind the olining of gem's fracture filling technique. You are welcome to submit any further question. The resin I usualluy use to fracture fill gems of about R.I. 1.5-1.6 is available to buy at this link: https://amzn.to/3lU48CN All my technical video production is based on extensive research and direct experimentation with various materials and it is freely available, with pleasure, for every one. The pandemic crisis severely impacted my work to the extend that i had to rebase my life in a different country, actually unable to continue gem cutting and compelled to other activities to keep going. Should you feel interested in giving any support to me personally, you can send funds through PayPal account " sutra1976@hotmail.com " Thanks for watching and may YHWH bless you. www. vagabondbottle.com

This video practically explains the reasoning and methods behind the olining of gem's fracture filling technique. You are welcome to submit any further question. The resin I usualluy use to fracture fill gems of about R.I. 1.5-1.6 is available to buy at this link: https://amzn.to/3lU48CN All my technical video production is based on extensive research and direct experimentation with various materials and it is freely available, with pleasure, for every one. The pandemic crisis severely impacted my work to the extend that i had to rebase my life in a different country, actually unable to continue gem cutting and compelled to other activities to keep going. Should you feel interested in giving any support to me personally, you can send funds through PayPal account " sutra1976@hotmail.com " Thanks for watching and may YHWH bless you. www. vagabondbottle.com

It's quite unusual to find in the market such beautiful hydrophane Opal cut like a normal faceted stone. Enjoy! www.vagabondbottle.com FB: Professional Gem Cutting

This is a quick tutorial on how to resin stabilize any rock or other porous material using epoxy resin. Should you feel interested in giving any support to me personally, you can send funds through PayPal account " sutra1976@hotmail.com " You can buy the filling resin used in this video contacting me through http://www.vagabondbottle.com DISCLAIMER The techniques described in this video are only educative. I recommend the use of appropriate protective devices and a wise and careful attitude thorughout the procedures. I'll not be liable for any physical injury or property damages induced by any accidents may occur during the procedures showed in this video or wrong applications thereof. Follow the instructions and technical suggestions at your own risk.

In this Video you can see all steps to manufacture, staring from an aluminium flashing, a simple heat sinker to help cooling any electric motor. Thanks for watching www.vagabondbottle.com FB: Professional Gem Cutting DISCLAIMER The techniques described in this video are only educative. I recommend the use of appropriate protective devices and a wise and careful attitude thorughout the procedures. I'll not be liable for any physical injury or property damages induced by any accidents may occur during the procedures showed in this video or wrong applications thereof. Follow the instructions and technical suggestions at your own risk.

I've bunched up some of the most famous faces and I animated them to build a funny short clip. Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Napoleon Bonaparte, Tutankhamon, "Lady with the turban" of Jan Vermeer, Michelangelo's David, Botero, "Venus" of Botticelli, Beethoven, William Shakespeare, King Enry VIII, "Mona Lisa" of Leonardo Da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin. Enjoy! Thanks for watching. www.vagabondbottle.com Music: Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400038 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

A simple but smart cellphone software able to animate any figure starting from a still portrait. Share it at will. And thanks for watching.

I had to recut and polish a huge opal from Welo region, Ethiopia. You can appreciate the difference in luster given by an approximate and uneaven polishing against a careful and proper work. Thanks for watching. FB: Professional Gem Cutting www.vagabondbottle.com

This puppy looked quite weak but it got his way back into the sea. Not every day happens to be so close to a wild creature in nature. It just made my day.

Walking at the beach, I found these splendid creatures fishing near the shore. Beautiful God creation! Enjoy.

This is a new gem cutting design that I had to develop for a customer of mine. It is called offset bipyramid. realized on a citrine. Enjoy!

A video about the fantastic beauty of a Welo Opal I just finished cutting. At the end you will appreciate the difference between rough and finished product. Enjoy! See, I believe that the existence of every single one of us on Earth has a precise purpose... good or bad as it is. Concerning me, I had the privilege and the honor to reveal the inner beauty of this Welo Ethiopian Opal and I thank God the Creator to have made such a beautiful object for us to appreciate and admire. Working this stone has been an intense and continuous emotion, culminating with the final shock from its astonishing beauty as the eyes perceived its refined polished surfaces, poking out of its dirty faceting media.

Showing a tourmaline i just finished to cut today. Preform (roughly shaped before faceting) and polished gemstone. Thanks for watching. visit www.vagabondbottle.com and facebook page PROFESSIONALGEMCUTTING . Thanks for watching and God bless you

I just finished polishing this marvelous Ethiopian Opal. I personally prefer the faceted style to the cabbed. Comments are welcomed. Thank you and God bless.

Welo Ethiopian opals. Rough and worked material.

Walking at a beach in Cape Town, South Africa, we met somebody special on our way. Enjoy!

This is an update on all most particular gem cutting projects I've realized in about one year and halve. Thanks for watching, God bless.