In the same shipment as the turquoise chips, there were several pairs of drilled bars for earrings. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens in shipping, one of the stones cracked.
I contacted my sellers, who promptly sent me a new pair of stones, but I hated the idea of not being able to do something with the broken one...
I asked a number of folks I know who work with stones if because it was a clean break, I could glue the pieces back together?
I knew I wouldn't be able to sell the earrings, but if it worked - I could keep them.
With information about the type of glue to use (clear drying two part jewelry epoxy) and some good instructions, I put the pieces back together, wrapped them with painters tape and waited to see how it turned out.
Lo, and behold - it worked! If you hold them close and look
very carefully you can still see the seam where the stone was repaired, but you have to know it's there.
There were several other pairs of stones in my order, and they made their way into my shop, but I'm still feeling pretty proud of myself for mending these...
...and I'm really enjoying wearing them.
Until next time.
PS - my time in the booth doing
descriptive audio narration for the Nutcracker went really well! Here's a bonus picture of me - with my script and microphone - just before the show!
