| CUTTING GEMSTONES A beginners guide to faceting John Broadfoot & Peter Collins
A book designed to teach you about faceting and is suitable for the complete beginner. The book is designed so that you can teach yourself to facet gemstones from scratch. Each chapter leads you through the basics of faceting
and highlights the most important principles for the
beginner. You are guided from the simplest to the
more complex cuts chapter by chapter and step by step.
There are also chapters to extend the more experienced
facetor including an introduction to the cutting of
difficult soft gemstones.
Cutting instructions are included for a large number of
well known cuts and many new ones. The instructions
are accompanied by clear step by step diagrams which
enable the learner to see how each stage develops.
Written and published in Australia. 282 pages, softcover. | 