21/10/2026
Sometimes you have to patiently wait for the right moment to finish a piece of jewellery...
I made a bezel setting a couple of weeks ago for a Tigers Eye stone that I had, but once I’d finished it all off the stone wouldn’t fit. Argh! I’d even soldered it on to the only sparkly paperclip chain I had in stock!
These things happen though. I checked all my 18x13 stones (I only had 3!) but none quite fitted either. (All calibrated cabochons have a slight tolerance and may vary in length, width or height - and sometimes a fraction of a mm can be the difference between it fitting a bezel and not fitting it)
Then this weekend I ordered this beautiful Chrysocolla cabochon - not a stone I was overly familiar with, but I love greens and blues and knew I could make something with it if it didn’t fit my already-made necklace.
Long story short, it fitted perfectly and is now pride of place in my shop window 😃
Thank you to fellow Cornish business Kernowcraft Rocks & Gems Ltd for having my perfect stone in stock!