One World Gemstone – Custom Faceted Gemstones

Lisa Elser is a gemcutter trained in Switzerland and living in the Vancouver, BC area. She spent 25 years in IT working for companies like Bell Laboratories, NCR, and Sun Microsystems and consulted to some of the largest banks and insurance companies in the world. She began cutting gems as a hobby when she moved from consulting to managing consultants, finding that it gave her a satisfaction to create something with her own hands.

She trained in gemcutting in Montreux, and did her Graduate Gemologist degree with the GIA in Carlsbad, California. After a number of years cutting as a hobby, she retired from IT and began cutting full time. She now works with custom goldsmiths in North America and Europe.

She and her husband travel the world to buy rough gems, working to ensure that the stones purchased are ethically mined and benefit local communities. Recently in Madagascar and Tanzania, Lisa has brought back spectacular Spinel, Tanzanite, tourmaline and Aquamarine.