This glass fusing tutorial for a platter, that includes a part from a part sheet, may not create a real flying carpet, but it satisfies something inside me ...

This tutorial for making an emerald green, black and white fused glass bowl uses a fused glass part sheet that I posted about earlier. ...

In this tutorial I show how to make a fused glass platter, using part sheets. This platter has a slump into a sling platter. ...

In this cabochon tutorial I have an interesting but odd shaped piece that I think will cut a nice cabochon. ...

Using Dop Sticks used for holding a gemstone while grinding, shaping and polishing is a practice that has been around for many, many years. But still there is a little misunderstanding about why we use them and how to use them. ...

This cabochon tutorial didn\'t quite work out as I had hoped. The final stone was a little disappointing but still worth saving. ...

In this jewellery tutorial I talk about making a charm style bracelet with sterling silver and pre-decimal Australian silver coins. ...

The Moh's hardness scale refers to scratch hardness. The resistance of one mineral to be scratched by another. ...

Some of the gemstone names we commonly use can be very confusing, and often costly to those unaware. For example, 'Indian Jade' is actually Aventurine, a form of quartz. The reference to 'Jade' is confusing and simply incorrect. ...