i am studying to be a jeweler. ideas are easy, fabrication is hard, working with metal and stones is bliss. here i collect my inspirations and motivations. welcome!Tumblr (3.0; @grandmarie)http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa778d8027fd633240a45dfa71307b7e/tumblr_mk9lg8zt1G1rjndpvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://diamondsinthelibrary.tumblr.com/post/50762933010/gemfields-shaun-leane-earrings-with-6-10ct-of" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">diamondsinthelibrary</a>:</p> <blockquote><div id="fancybox-title-outside">Gemfields’ Shaun Leane earrings with 6.10ct of Zambian emeralds.</div> <p><a href="http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/2013/03/gemfields-backs-contemporary-jewel-design-with-colour-gemstones/" target="_blank">Via The Jewellery Editor.</a></p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50764429451http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50764429451Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:49 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6b734fee2a6f6800a256394851055ec/tumblr_mmy7lfdVhM1qc15bbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://indigenousdialogues.tumblr.com/post/50655095141/pair-of-silver-anklets-with-coral-enamel-berber" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">indigenousdialogues</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoPageCaption" data-ft='{"type":45}'><span class="hasCaption"><em>Pair of Silver Anklets with Coral & Enamel</em><br/> Berber people, Great Kabylia, <strong>Algeria</strong><br/> circa 1920</span></span></p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50749109828http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50749109828Sat, 18 May 2013 14:13:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20ab752176c38b6bf0e4f35a91c14716/tumblr_mn0b81Qs4s1qzi2nqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://eriebasin.tumblr.com/post/50745817042/1920s-french-art-deco-emerald-and-diamond-ring" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">eriebasin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>1920s French Art Deco Emerald and Diamond Ring, 18K<br/>(in the online shop next week)</p> <p>One of the cooler Deco rings I’ve seen in a long while.</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50748884751http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50748884751Sat, 18 May 2013 14:09:50 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eae8254cdbb9ca31bf8fcd13111b42ea/tumblr_mjvwljxi6c1s8kiyao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahheathenry.tumblr.com/post/50655968724/sutton-hoo-helmet-by-theknotters-stock" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">fuckyeahheathenry</a>:</p> <blockquote><h1><a href="http://theknotters-stock.deviantart.com/art/Sutton-Hoo-helmet-50263392" target="_blank">Sutton Hoo helmet</a></h1> <h1><small><span class="by">by</span> ~<a class="u" href="http://theknotters-stock.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">theknotters-stock</a></small></h1></blockquote> <p></p>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50721150731http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50721150731Sat, 18 May 2013 06:23:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8c54c72849838dd48143d16ded9875dd/tumblr_mmyaiqlEPe1rynetoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://findnewart.tumblr.com/post/50658218001/germany-braunschweig-reliquary-with-tooth-of" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">findnewart</a>:</p> <blockquote><div class="enlargement-artist">Germany, Braunschweig</div> <div class="enlargement-title-date"><em>Reliquary with Tooth of Saint John the Baptist</em>, Metalwork: 1375/1400 <br/>Rock crystal vessel: c. 1000<br/>Egypt, Fatimid Dynasty (909–1171)</div></blockquote> <p></p>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50721144359http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50721144359Sat, 18 May 2013 06:23:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c25d8422b3ec0310699e94b560eee8e/tumblr_mmv6efBiLW1qi8q6uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://isgandar.tumblr.com/post/50718193706/sarmatian-gold-diadem-with-garnet-glass" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">isgandar</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span><span>Sarmatian gold diadem with garnet, glass, almandine, pearls, and turquoise; from the Khokhlach burial mound  (1st century AD, Hermitage Museum)</span></span></p> <blockquote> <p><span>The diadem consists of three hinged parts, the whole surface inlaid with garnet and glass. In the center is an amethyst bust of a woman wearing a tunic and crowned with a gold wreath inlaid with almandine. The upper edge of the diadem is decorated with a figurative frieze representing a ritual scene of sacred animals processing towards the Tree of Life. The lower edge is decorated with pendants bearing rosettes rimmed with gold beads, pearls and small plaques.</span><br/><br/><span>This diadem is a typical example of the eclectic art which combed both Classical features and elements of Sarmatian art. It was intended for ritual use and was associated with the cult of fertility.</span></p> </blockquote></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50720580464http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50720580464Sat, 18 May 2013 06:06:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/df3469355014ecf09a8339ca7decdf4e/tumblr_mms74jTGBL1rz7plbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nativefunkk.tumblr.com/post/50410302005/india-nagaland-konyak-bronze-torque" target="_blank">nativefunkk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>India, Nagaland (Konyak) Bronze Torque</p> </blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50675774367http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50675774367Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:46 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a380c82b7a54947ba60a876fc936123/tumblr_mm6n5eM5rX1rdtk22o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://loosemetal.tumblr.com/post/49447879361" target="_blank">loosemetal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>#ernsthaeckel #haeckel #thalamophora #biology</p> </blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50650332479http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50650332479Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e0dbb43491174d1a47bd149e982e077/tumblr_mmw5ybJvCm1r8jf7ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lukeivyprice.com/post/50573367455/four-raised-copper-vessels-they-are-finally" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">lukeivyprice</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>four raised copper vessels.  They are finally bouged, planished, pickled, and ready to be filled with pitch.  After typing that, I realize that all of those terms mean nothing to most people.  The process of earning a bachelors degree in art does actually teach you many technical, precise, and complex things after all.  Copper is such a beautiful and workable metal.  It was very likely the first metal to be worked by early man, and they must have struggled to learn its language.  After having unlocked that knowledge, I know that they found the red metal to be just as amazing as I do. </p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50627417365http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50627417365Thu, 16 May 2013 22:14:31 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f62196a4bd5eda9dde723bbdce050d59/tumblr_mmwtts3xum1qzi2nqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://eriebasin.tumblr.com/post/50616973215/1890s-victorian-pearl-axe-brooch-14k-295-dont" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">eriebasin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>1890s Victorian Pearl Axe Brooch, 14K, $295</p> <p>Don’t know the symbolism here exactly.  We’ve had plenty of axe pins over the years, but never one quite so fine as this, and never with a pearl being chopped.</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50619476596http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50619476596Thu, 16 May 2013 20:32:54 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/263d621f77834caa42540eb74ce21b1e/tumblr_mmwlvuEj4n1rclv0wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://evencowgirlsgettheblues.tumblr.com/post/50599443378" target="_blank">evencowgirlsgettheblues</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theleoisallinthemind.tumblr.com/post/50589740249/william-morris" target="_blank"> </a></p> </blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50619465017http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50619465017Thu, 16 May 2013 20:32:45 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0yzsic5xy1qhao9bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://endilletante.tumblr.com/post/19391265436/national-geographic-africa-adorned-photographs" target="_blank">endilletante</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>National Geographic : Africa adorned. Photographs by Angela Fisher. November 1984.</p> </div> </blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50602037880http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50602037880Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/34dd77f59216f2e74ff42c62d2aa8f9b/tumblr_mjz9mmOS5f1rjndpvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://diamondsinthelibrary.tumblr.com/post/50584462843/an-art-deco-diamond-synthetic-sapphire-and" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">diamondsinthelibrary</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>An art deco diamond, synthetic sapphire and platinum pendant necklace, circa 1925.   </p> <div class="LotDesc">      The pendant of elongated shield-shaped outline, centering an old European-cut diamond, the remainder set throughout with smaller old European-cuts and calibré-cut synthetic sapphire detail, suspended from a delicate openwork chain set with intermittent old European-cut diamonds;<em> central diamond weighing an estimated: 1.50 carats; remaining diamonds weighing an estimated: 7.10 carats; length of necklace: 18½in. <a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15420/lot/1/" target="_blank">Via Bonhams.</a> </em></div></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601952643http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601952643Thu, 16 May 2013 16:30:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/318b3be9de13b1f2354199b7163c7e88/tumblr_mls7xr2EjX1s44dqgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://metalandmineral.tumblr.com/post/50588369863/wolfganggc-amazing-red-green-tourmaline" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">metalandmineral</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://wolfganggc.tumblr.com/post/48806647145" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">wolfganggc</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Amazing red-green tourmaline.</p></blockquote> <p>bicolored tourmaline rough</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601758100http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601758100Thu, 16 May 2013 16:27:54 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f62a8efdf358fb71ab192eef077eecdd/tumblr_mlk33buDgN1r1vfbso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wasbella102.tumblr.com/post/48435485593/flowers-in-a-vase-paulus-theodorus-van-brussel" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">wasbella102</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Flowers in a Vase:  Paulus Theodorus van Brussel</strong></p> <p>(detail), 1792,</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601632105http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601632105Thu, 16 May 2013 16:26:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e7b1b07b233700d88fe2bd4953dc694/tumblr_mmwtkpYB6J1qzi2nqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://eriebasin.tumblr.com/post/50600620373/1910s-edwardian-three-diamond-filigree-ring" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">eriebasin</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>1910s Edwardian Three Diamond Filigree Ring,<br/>~0.50ctw European Cut Diamonds, Platinum, $2595</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601374056http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50601374056Thu, 16 May 2013 16:22:44 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://castielhasthephoneb0x.tumblr.com/post/49721350509/i-can-nt-breath-this-old-man-who-has-like-the" target="_blank">castielhasthephoneb0x</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>i can nt breath this old man who has like the biggest onion ever is so pr ou d of it </p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b5d98aecacde9e015bc96916ea2fa3b3/tumblr_inline_mmci8wqjHO1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/5f978b9644a7774c189078a1831d6a5a/tumblr_inline_mmci8yI1Gk1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/d4a06ad522e006c53cdda31e3902a426/tumblr_inline_mmci91dcSd1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/93b38779f1bcb888deee37b920b5d92a/tumblr_inline_mmci93MAYw1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><em><strong>LOOK HOW HAPPY HIS ONION MAKES HIM</strong></em></p> </blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50570658129http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50570658129Thu, 16 May 2013 06:27:36 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/889d90dce1257bfd9ffa37c84e6688ab/tumblr_mjrjmpcQVW1qk4tkxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550740567http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550740567Wed, 15 May 2013 22:04:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/73f89bc3f20f388c45f7d55fa825263d/tumblr_mj0qi3xc8j1s57mvxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://miyabi-wedding.tumblr.com/post/44351360125/rin-4-1-1" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">miyabi-wedding</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>輪-RIN-</p> <p>花4種 ワンポイント彫りの花模様。 熟練した職人が1つ1つ丹念に仕上げた一品です。 幸せなおふたりを表すように2つの花が寄り添うデザインです。桜、水仙、梅、菊からお好きな花をお選びください。 K14ピンクゴールドとホワイトゴールのツートンカラーが日本人の肌にもよく馴染む優しい色合いです。 素材は桜4種と同じ、輪自慢のパラスやイエローゴールド、シルバーでもお作りできます。</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550569656http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550569656Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b4e26e2de0dc020ad00b4fbca31dcb8/tumblr_mjzpr0tok61s57mvxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://miyabi-wedding.tumblr.com/post/45887811700/soumon" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">miyabi-wedding</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>相聞-soumon-</p> <p>結婚指輪　萌黄-moegi-　萌え出た若葉のような、冴えた黄緑色-moegi-「萌木」とも書き、「若草色」とも呼ばれています。これから始まるお二人のピュアなストーリーそのものです。</p></blockquote>http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550378260http://grandmarie.tumblr.com/post/50550378260Wed, 15 May 2013 21:59:53 -0500