Gemstone recutting is one of the more complicated aspects in gem cutting and will only come with years and years of experience because you cannot simply follow a diagram or instructions. You have to get the angles right but that doesn’t mean you cut through the stone as weight is a key factor in any stone. Each stone has its own way of spreading colour so maintaining the colour and navigating through colours inside the stone and inclusions is a whole other ball game. And then it finally comes do

A very speedy video of the gem bead cutting process I filmed during my last trip to China. 💎😁 It’s surprising how much time and effort goes into cutting these tiny little beads (which sometimes have accidentally dropped on the floor never to be seen again…nope, no one else has done that 😳) This process includes working from the rough gemstone, stabilising it then cutting the gems into small pieces. There they are machine cut and then polished. If they aren’t round they are put back in to the