In psycology the primary motivations are: Survival; food, shelter, clothing, defense, and suprisingly enough:
From the most primitive to the most sophisticated societies,
JEWELRY has played an important role in humanities history.
The factors:
Magical, the items affect on the seen and unseen worlds.
Amulets------defense against harm.
Talismans--- supernatural allies.
And coming into the modern, Metaphysical healing, psycological effects (color psycology),
And finally the magical attraction of the opposite sex. The enhancement of beauty.
Sometimes as bizarre self mutilation, shock value. A form of social defense.
Or just simple WORRY STONES for relieving stress.
Odd isn't it that Lasers are made from ruby.
Also a FINANCIAL DEFENSE during times of crisis, in that a lot of
value can be carried on your person across borders, and exchanged in small amounts for the
primary factors of survival, food and shelter.
Maybe thats a lot of hooey, and JEWELRY is just an expression of artistic beauty.
So how does a rough rock become this magical thing of beauty called JEWELRY.
A piece of string with a shiny rock tied to it with silver wire ------Wire wrap.
A hole bored in the rock, = a bead, shaped sanded and polished ------ a string of beads
A little more artistry, and you have graduated beads and a pendant -- A necklace.
Pendants, The shaped stone, a bail of silver or gold, and were getting fancy!
Cabochons-- a flat on the back, rounded on the front, polished stone set in silver with a bezel.
Soldered to a bail or jump ring makes a pendant, to a band and it becomes a ring, or bracelet.
Faceted--A gemstone cut with highly polished planes for manipulating light for maximum brilliance and beauty.
The ultimate highest usage for a perfect gemstone, The factors of quality being:
CUT
COLOR
CLARITY
Only the hardest gems, are truly worthy of faceting, as anything under a 6 or 7 in the
Mohs hardness scale
will not withstand the test of time and wear, as "silicon" is a 7 hardness
and as it is the most plentiful element on earth,
as dust, scratches or wears down the edges of softer stones.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I received my emerald roughWhat's Next?
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