I love your lectures! They are not only fascinating, but it's amazing to me what the old master cutters and these factories could produce with the smallest bit of technology that they invented, just to make their jobs easier! And it's so much work learning the hand motion, muscle memory, to produce what they did in the like 1700! I'm blown away! And the technology over across the ocean, is blowing up while we were just figuring it out. We kind of got lazy and didn't do any of the hand shaping and polishing beyond cabochons, but they started way earlier learning by hand and then inventing tech to make it go easier and faster. And the muscle memory that they must have had, to crank out these gems, in these factories, just blows my mind. When your soul responsibility to the final product is one small part of it then it's passed off to the next person, you don't have to even worry about your part being perfect to the whole because you are so many steps removed from that point, it's hard to imagine a cut gem when all you do is one set of facets and then pass it off. And when they do so many of them that way, it's mind boggling! Thank you so much for the history and the information about what gem cutters in Europe and Asia were doing while we were still in our infancy of appreciating rocks and gems! Thanks Justin!
Glad you enjoyed it so much. I am also amazed by what the European cutters can do with such simple tools. The hand skills are amazing. I also marvel at what American cutters are doing. Gemcutting is awe inspiring all over the world!
thank sir
Was it raining there? Can hear it.
I love your lectures! They are not only fascinating, but it's amazing to me what the old master cutters and these factories could produce with the smallest bit of technology that they invented, just to make their jobs easier! And it's so much work learning the hand motion, muscle memory, to produce what they did in the like 1700! I'm blown away! And the technology over across the ocean, is blowing up while we were just figuring it out. We kind of got lazy and didn't do any of the hand shaping and polishing beyond cabochons, but they started way earlier learning by hand and then inventing tech to make it go easier and faster. And the muscle memory that they must have had, to crank out these gems, in these factories, just blows my mind. When your soul responsibility to the final product is one small part of it then it's passed off to the next person, you don't have to even worry about your part being perfect to the whole because you are so many steps removed from that point, it's hard to imagine a cut gem when all you do is one set of facets and then pass it off. And when they do so many of them that way, it's mind boggling! Thank you so much for the history and the information about what gem cutters in Europe and Asia were doing while we were still in our infancy of appreciating rocks and gems! Thanks Justin!
Glad you enjoyed it so much. I am also amazed by what the European cutters can do with such simple tools. The hand skills are amazing. I also marvel at what American cutters are doing. Gemcutting is awe inspiring all over the world!
JUSTIN, Well done!
Thank you Justin again for the amazing Knowledge you are transferring.
My pleasure!
Really enjoyed this and hate I missed it in person. There is so much more to this then I ever thought! Looking forward to continued learning.
I'm glad you liked it.
Good video Justin, except for the sound😊 Maybe one day people will start to realize how good the jamb peg is to use.
This should be required viewing for American faceters.
did he say 5 minute stone?
Yep!! Crazy right? Check out the video about that here: ruclips.net/video/N-3JOaul9wc/видео.htmlsi=Kh-uwaynN5VS6E_2
Yiu need to invest in a wireless lapel mic system
I have one and it wasn’t working that day to a software problem 😢😢