Custom Made Diamond Design
The most challenging and pleasing aspect of the art is
custom made diamond
design (CMD), a single diamond design research, the highest level of diamond
cutting. a quest for higher value goes through a [weight; clarity; sparkle; facet
order] equation. every step of the way the cutters need to recruit their
creativity, starting from the concept design, to measure the potential of weight
up to the finale design.
There are six basic steps to CMD:
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3D Scan
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Concept Design
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Approximate Cut
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Reanalyze
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Redesign
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Final Cut
But diamond designer's life are not that simple
as virtual is not reality, usually after the first
approximate cut, things look slightly different and reassessment is needed based
on the new acquired data regarding clarity/structural problems. redesign
of the early prototype design is necessary to fit the goal estimation or a new
goal estimation. a secondary cut is done, following a reassessment on all
aspects mentioned above and so forth... this process can easily repeat it self six to eight times if not more.
On the 27th of May 2005 a diamond firm asked me what can be done with the
diamond bellow.
D color, high transparency, looks clean in the center, the length on the left
side of the face below had salty cracks. being flat all I could offer on
traditional cut was pear shape French culet at 3.7-4 carat or oval French culet
at 3-3.5 carat.
After scanning the diamond with a Sarin system, I set out to find a better
solution using ray trace technology, a technology I adopted as a
diamond designer. few days later I returned with a cushion
based 5 carat design.
My client took the above report to his buyer, got the ok and asked me to cut it.
during the cutting process I encountered problems with the salty edge and
started shortening the diamond from that side, much more than originally planed,
but making sure to maintain my original design goals using ray trace technology
manipulations thru computerized 3D tools which were built and/or customized for
my needs.
On the 9th of June I delivered a 5.17 carat D flawless, 1:15 length/wide ratio,
43.5% total depth that had flashing colorful lights thanks to custom made
diamond design techniques.
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