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Colored Stone Specialist |
John’s studio workshop is in Lexington Kentucky where he lives with his wife and three daughters, all of whom make frequent requests for his jewelry!
John is gifted faceter, member of the United States Faceters Guild, diamond setter and colored stone setter. His precision cut colored stones distinguish his jewelry. John started his company first cutting gemstones and later expanded by crafting custom jewelry to complement the colored stones. John has refined his stone cutting and jewelry fabrication skill through a variety of training classes, workshops, and lots of hours behind the jeweler's bench and faceting machine. Some of his training has come from nationally recognized leaders in their fields and include instruction in Faceting from Jerry Call, Diamond Setting from Robert Wooding, Gold Smithing from Danny Barnes, Silver smithing from Alan Jewel & Ruthie Cohen, Lost Wax Casting from Fred Sias, precious opal cutting from Sara Lee Boyce, Jewelry Photography from Ken Kipnis, Creative Stone Setting from John Cogswell , Glass Fusing from Renee Wright, and Surface Embellishment by Harold O'Connor.


My client from Indiana wanted to use the diamonds from these two rings above to make into a more simple and elegant ring.
I started by removing the diamonds from tthe two white gold rings and then remounted them in a yellow gold anniversary style band shown below.
The diamonds ranged from 3.2 to 3.5 mm and total carat weight was 0.69 tcw.


Introducing
Gems by John Soft Stop
Retrofit Accessory for all Graves Mark I & Mark IV Faceting Machines
click on the Dial Indicator image (above) to find out more about this retrofit accessory

Who needs a paint brush ? Look at transformation of these rough tourmaline stones, (above) into these brilliant gems (below). Just goes to show what can be done starting with top facet grade stones. I just finished faceting these blue green tourmaline stones for a client in Colorado. Each finished stone shown below is in the same position as the stone I cut it from show above.
- May 2009 -
- April 2009 -
Oregon Sunstone cut from rough. The photo above shows the rough stones. The photo below shows the finished faceted gems. Can you match the finished stones to the rough stones? OK, the green one is easy. I'll give you a clue, the largest rough stone is turned sideways. And, of course only one has no copper schiller. So, that one's easy. What about the rest ?
John has been faceting gemstones since 2001 with more than 750 faceted colored stones to his credit. He personally hand selects premium facet grade rough gemstones from mines around the globe including Africa, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Russia, Thailand and the United States. The best finished gems come from the finest gem grade faceting rough. And, it is easy to see quality in colored gemstones - rich vibrant colors that sparkle. Gems cut By John radiate color from precisely cut highly polished facets: more Color - more Sparkle. John recently began cabochon cutting Precious Opals from Australian.

Here's the Big Guy - 97 carat Smokey Quartz, the largest stone I've cut (so far) sold to a fellow Lexington Kentucky rock-hound.
All of John's jewelry is made from the highest quality karat gold, platinum, and silver. He has been commissioned to make more than 350 unique pieces of jewelry. He hand makes some jewelry and fabricates others using commercially made components, but always uniquely showcasing the colored stones.
John is an accomplished goldsmith. He melts gold grain or scrap gold jewelry, pours / casts the gold into ingots, and then mills the gold into flat bar or square wire stock with a rolling mill, and sometimes further into round or half round thin gold wire by hand drawing through drawing plates. John makes beautifully crafted pieces of jewelry from these hand fabricated pieces of gold, always showcasing his faceted colored stones. John has also developed a knack for making contemporary pieces of jewelry from antique, out of fashion, or broken pieces of gold jewelry.

SERVICES
STONE CUTTING PRICES
Round Brilliant Cuts $45
All Fancy Cuts $65
STONE SETTING PRICES
Melee prong set less than 1/4 carat $10
Round Faceted, 1/4 to 2.0 ct $25, cabochon cuts $20
Faceted Fancy Shapes & Large Stones $45
JEWELRY REPAIR PRICES
Ring Re-size Down $25
Ring Re-size Up $25 + metal
other repairs or fabrication work $15 per 14K solder joint
JEWELRY DESIGN - CALL
Custom Designs
Handmade Jewelry
Remake New from Old Jewelry
Catalog Items
LAPIDARY CLASSES
1 Day Faceting Class - $175
1/2 Day Cabochon Cutting Class - $95
DO YOU HAVE ROUGH GEMSTONES ?
I CUT ROUGH GEMSTONES INTO FINISHED GEMS !
TURN YOUR ROUGH STONES INTO FINISHED GEMS

DO YOU HAVE BROKEN JEWELRY ?
I REPAIR BROKEN JEWELRY !


DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ?
DO YOU WANT TO KICK AROUND SOME IDEAS ?
WOULD YOU LIKE MORE INFORMATION ?
Call me at 859.539.2407
eMAIL me at JohnWright@GemsByJohn.com
COLORED STONES !
MORE COLOR !
MORE SPARKLE !

HORSE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
EMAIL
JohnWright@GemsByJohn.com
PHONE NUMBER
(859) 539-2407
MAILING ADDRESS
Gems By John LLC
4101 Tates Creek Centre Dr
Suite 150-195
Lexington, KY 40517
I knew that Mervyn's had quite a large selection of opal rings so I went over to the store and saw right away which one I wanted. It had four fiery inset opals in a gold band. I tried it on and it flashed on my finger. It was too big so I asked for a smaller size, but I was told that it was the only size the ring came in. This puzzled me since I knew that rings weren't one-size-fits-all, but I liked it so much I decided to get it anyway. The next day my finance and I went to buy it I figured that I would eventually find a way around the size problem.






