Tag Archives: A CUT ABOVE

Feb

17

2009

Brian Gavin and Lesley Harris are Working on Several Exciting Diamond Jewelry Projects….

Tweet In response to the numerous inquiries that we have received, for those visitors to the blog who are wondering if we are “in business", the answer is yes! Even though our e-commerce site is not up and running yet, we have been contacted directly by many people and we are working on several exciting projects. [...]

By LesleyH | Posted in Announcements, Custom Jewelry, Diamond Recut, Rings, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, blue-diamonds, bluediamonds, bluediamondsring, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, Designs by Brian the Cutter, diamond-ring-casting, Earrings, Engagement rings, how-much-does-it-cost-a-cut-above-hearts-and-arrows-diamonds, Jewelry, lesley-harris-brian-gavin-diamonds, several-exciting-projects, Solitaire | Comments (0)

Feb

09

2009

Customers Write to Brian Gavin and Lesley Harris…….

Tweet When we launched our new blog and website, we started receiving huge volumes of e-mails daily…we were so touched by the incredible comments that were coming in and would love to share a small sampling of excerpts with you….. …My heart dropped when I heard that you and Brian had left. You made the diamond [...]

By LesleyH | Posted in Testimonials, Uncategorized | Also tagged Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, brian-gavin-lesley, brian-gavin-leslie-harris, brian-gavin-pricescope, crazy-diamond-jewelry, customer service, Diamond, diamonds-by-the-yard-pricescope, Engagement rings, Eternity Ring, Lesley Harris, lesley-harris-brian-gavin, LesleyH, leslie-brian-gavin, Pricescope, pricescope-chain-recommendations, Rough Diamond, sapphire-color-stones-jewellery | Comments (1)

Feb

06

2009

“EXTREME DIAMOND MAKEOVER” – The DIAMOND RECUT PROCESS…

Tweet Just after I launched this website, I was contacted directly by a customer who had previously been looking forward to working with me on her diamond recut. She was thrilled to have found me by typing 'Brian the Cutter' into the Google Search feature. After a couple of phone discussions and e-mails, she decided [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Custom Jewelry, Diamond Education, Diamond Recut, Photos, Rings, Video | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, brian-gavin-recutting-steep-depp, cadgemstonesettings, Conflict Diamonds, creativediamondjewellerywebtemplates, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, customcastdiamondring, De Beers, Designed by Brian the cutter, Designs by Brian the Cutter, Diamond Inclusions, Diamond Recut, Engagement rings, re-cut-steep-deep-diamond, roughdiamondplanningmachine | Comments (0)

Feb

02

2009

Brian the Cutter Presents “Centrifugal Casting of Gold” by Mr. Le…

Tweet Here is a fast paced video clip showing how Mr. Le, our master gold and platinum smith, casts gold using a Centrifugal Casting Machine. The gold is then fashioned into different pieces of jewelry, many of which will be set with our A CUT ABOVE hearts and arrows diamonds and diamond melee.

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Custom Jewelry, Photos, Rings, Video | Also tagged 1, A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, Centrifugal Casting, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, Designed by Brian the cutter, Designs by Brian the Cutter, diamond-octahedron, diamond-ring-cad, Earrings, Engagement rings, Gold Casting, h, light-blue-sapphire-melee, Pendant, Platinum | Comments (1)

Feb

02

2009

Brian the Cutter and Lesley visit the Alamo…

Tweet We decided to get away this past weekend for a short break and a change of venue (away from our computers), so we headed west to San Antonio, Texas. Our daughter is spending the year there on a teaching internship and it is only a three hour drive, so we try to grab the [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Photos, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, alamo-at-night, alamo-backdrop, alamocloseup, alamohorseandcarriage, Brian and Lesley, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, diamondringswithcoloredstones, photo-on-horse-carriages-in-downtown-san-antonio, pictures-of-the-alamo, San Antonio, The Alamo, the-alamo-powerpoint-background, the-alamo-years-and-pictures, where-can-i-get-diamond-cad-template | Comments (0)

Jan

30

2009

CAD Design and New Custom Work in the Jewelry Workshop

Tweet Over the past couple of weeks things have been gearing up in the jewelry workshop. Brian has been working closely with the designers to create many new custom jewelry designs, many of which will feature A CUT ABOVE diamond melee. These include engagement rings, solitaires, diamond bands, pendants and earrings. Since we have received [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Announcements, Custom Jewelry, Photos, Rings | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, alamoatnight, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, CAD jewelry design, caddrawingring, Custom CAD design, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, Designed by Brian the cutter, Designs by Brian the Cutter, diamond bands, diamondringcadimages, Earrings, Engagement rings, ittysmommy, Pendant, solitaireringhanddrawing | Comments (1)

Jan

28

2009

Brian Gavin and Lesley Harris Partying with the Stars in Beverly Hills, CA……..

Tweet Brian and Lesley went to Los Angeles to party with some of the local stars at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. They shared beautiful gold and platinum diamond jewelry, much of which featured A CUT ABOVE diamond melee. Lesley wearing the custom designed platinum diamond ring I gave her for our 20th wedding [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Custom Jewelry, Photos, Rings | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, Beverly Hills, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, brian-gavin-lesley, brian-gavin-lesley-harris, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, De Beers, Designed by Brian the cutter, Designs by Brian the Cutter, Diamond Inclusions, Earrings, ittysmommy, lesley-harris-brian-gavin, lesleyharrisdiamond, leslie-gavin-las-vegas-2010, Peninsula Hotel | Comments (1)

Jan

27

2009

Creative Colored Stone Designs by Brian Gavin………

Tweet Here are some magnificent colored stone pendants I created in 2006. The green citrine pendant "Mint on Ice" was made but the yellow sapphire pendant, "Lemon On Ice", never came to fruition as I had to leave suddenly for South Africa, where my late mother Femma was terminally ill. The diamond melee used is [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Colored Gemstones, Custom Jewelry, Photos, Rings | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, alamo-at-night, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, colouredstonetrianglerings, creative-color-stone-jewellery, creativeringsoncad, Custom Design, Custom designed jewelry, custom-diamond-pendant-wax-houston, Designed by Brian the cutter, Engagement rings, Femma Gavin Artist 1935-2006, Gemstones, limited-design-of-pendant-with-colored-stone, Pendant, the-alamo-cad, wax-ring-patterns-wedding | Comments (0)

Jan

16

2009

Buying Rough Diamonds in Russia

Tweet I've had many requests over the years to describe what it is like to purchase rough diamonds I went on a trip to investigate the purchase of rough diamond material in Moscow, Russia for the creation of A CUT ABOVE's The invitation came from Alrosa, which is the diamond sorting and marketing division of [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Diamond Education, Photos, Rough Diamonds | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, Alrosa, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, buying-russian-diamonds, diamond-glassie, diamondrough, diamondroughfromrussia, Kimberley Process, Octahedron, picsofroughdiamonds, Rough Diamond, rough-diamond-in-rusia, roughdiamond, roughdiamonds, Russia, The World Diamond Council, USA Patriot Act | Comments (1)

Jan

14

2009

Dreams of Africa*- The Story Behind It.

Tweet "Dreams of Africa* is beautiful, and Brian's idea is wonderful and refreshing." Marjorie Andrade, UN Goodwill Ambassador, Brazil. In 2006, interest in the origin of diamonds was fueled by the new Hollywood movie, "Blood Diamonds" which denounced the illicit practices of the diamond industry. In 2006, I went back to South Africa twice to visit my [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Conflict Diamonds, Photos | Also tagged A Cut Above Diamonds, ACA, assumptioncathedral, assumptioncathedrale, braceletwax, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, brian-gavin-diamonds-origin-of-stones-kimberley-process, brian-gavin-san-antonio, Conflict Diamonds, Custom designed jewelry, Designs by Brian the Cutter, diamondpolishingbench, Femma Gavin Artist 1935-2006, femma-gavin, Jewelry, Kimberley Process, The World Diamond Council, USA Patriot Act | Comments (0)