Tag Archives: ACA

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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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, A Cut Above Diamonds, 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)

Jan

11

2009

How do inclusions in diamonds look close up?

Tweet Many times people ask about the nature of inclusions in diamonds, if they are dangerous, if they affect the durability and performance of the stone and if they are visible. Many question and want to know what they look like close up. Here are some close up shots of examples of typical inclusions in [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Diamond Education, Photos | Also tagged A CUT ABOVE, Add new tag, Brian the cutter, close-upsofdiamonds, Cloud Inclusion, Crystal Inclusion, Diamond Inclusions, diamond-close-up, diamond-with-needle-inclusion, diamondinclusionsneedle, diamondmineral, diamondsinclusions, diamondupclose, diomand-crystal, Feather Inclusion, image, images-of-diamond-inclusions, Needle Inclusion, roughdiamond | Comments (0)

Jan

08

2009

Brian Gavin and Martin Rapaport discuss….

Tweet Brian Gavin and Martin Rapaport discuss Conflict Diamonds. The JCK Jewelry Show in Las Vegas, the industry’s annual premier buying event, takes place over the first weekend of June every year. On the Monday morning of the show, Martin Rapaport, delivers his “State of the Industry” address to a standing room only crowd. On [...]

By Brian Gavin | Posted in Conflict Diamonds, Uncategorized | Also tagged , A Cut Above Diamonds, africadiamonds, africandiamond, blooddiamondsinafricaanimationimages, Brian Gavin, Brian the cutter, brian-gavin-address, briangavin, Conflict Diamonds, Council for Responsible Jewelry Practices, diamondminerpoverty, inforapaport-com, Kimberley Process, Martin Rapaport, martin-diamond-cutter, martinrapaport, Rapaport, USA Patriot Act | Comments (0)