Charity Perlehuset/Stadsmissionen

I participate in a charity activity with the bead shop Perlehuset, Stockholm, to raise money for the organization Stadsmissionen, division Klaragaarden. The activity is about making jewellery to sell as auction item at Perlehuset 11th November 2006. The bead shop brings the beads and I use my jewellery making skill. The activity will bring money to Klaragaarden, which deals with homeless women.

I have made a set of jewellery with necklace and earrings. I named it Hope. Material used in Hope were faceted rectangular Rose Quartz, flat round Amazonite and cubic irregular glass beads. Findings are in sterling silver.

Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire

Last week, the topic of the lecture (the course in gemstones and minerals) was diamonds. We learned about the different grades, colours, chemical formula, shapes, synthetic versus imitated and more. Our teacher Linda also brought some real diamonds and “fake” (synthetic and imitated) diamonds to the lecture. We took a look on the stones under a 10x lens. They were so beautiful!

Yesterday’s topic was corundum. The lecture was mainly about ruby and sapphire. This time our teacher took some ruby and sapphire with her. The ruby stones were in different shades of red (both real and synthetic) and the sapphires in different shapes and colours. I forgot my lens at home, so I could not take a closer look on them. What a pity!