Gemology
This is my great interest, although I must confess that I prefer gemcutting to gemology in general.
I have been collecting gems since long. And learned how to cut them. I do both cabochons and facets. Naturally the knowledge of how gems are formed, where they are found, and how you may achieve them has grown with my collection, and ability to cut gemstones.
Gemcutting
My interest in minerals and gems arouse as 10-year old, when I had a fossil seaurchin thrown at me. But my family relations to Iceland was the real initiator since I found jaspers and agates on the beaches during my summer vacations with my grandparents. Soon as 12-year old I cut my first jasper - by hand. I knew it was possible to make machinery to do the job, but it wasn't until a few years later that I acquired an old motor from a heater, and build my own cabochon machine with the bearings and axle for a circular saw.
Faceting
Since 1980 I own a Graves Mk4 faceting machine and have made a lot of gems on that.
The later years I have undertaken to design facet cuts to. The ones I have chosen to publish are listed here.
While surfing the Net, and participating in online discussions, I have collected quite a few links, and picked up some designs. The ones I find the most interesting are those with some sort of topic like figure or picture.
Initiated by the same online forums I've made a few FAQ pages on gemcutting - mainly faceting.
After a brief meeting with Walt Heitland from Vancouver Island in Copenhagen summer 1999 I formed "The Danish Faceters Guild", a small informal club of Danes interested in gems, gemology and faceting. "The Danish Faceters Guild" sadly now is dormant.
Opdateret d. 7. March 2019