One World Gemstone – Custom Faceted Gemstones

From early childhood, I was always fascinated with rocks and gemstones. My mother quickly learned that checking pockets was essential at laundry time, otherwise small, pretty stones would inevitably be found banging around the laundry machine. Being the son of a small-town New York bench-jeweler, the jump from pretty pebbles to gemstones was completely natural. My love of gemstones gave me opportunity to work in various parts of the jewelry trade from behind-the-counter retail sales to wholesale diamonds to estate jewelry. Yet, none of these aspects of the jewelry trade really satisfied me. I found that I was always more interested in the gems themselves than the finished jewelry they were used in.
In fact, earning the Graduate Gemologist degree from the GIA brought with it a strange disappointment with most gemstones. The GIA’s training taught me to look more closely at gems than I had before (careful observation is absolutely essential for a gemologist). Soon, I noticed that though most diamonds are very well cut, most colored stones are very poorly cut. Then I discovered the world of custom faceting. Fine colored gemstones need not be windowed and almost randomly cut — they could become breath-taking gems. This “discovery” lead me to take up faceting as a trade. I now use state of the art faceting machinery and techniques to create exceptional, fine gemstones that stand well apart from common commercial stones.
At home, I’m an unapologetic Christian, the father of twins, and husband to a highly-intelligent and beautiful wife who works for a small Western NY college. When I’m not faceting gemstones, chasing the twins, or comabting yardwork, I pursue theology, fiction and rock-hounding in my “free time”. In between all of that, I roast my own coffee and am always looking for a legitimate excuse to brew some up.