in this issue
-- John Dyer Article in Lapidary Journal... We bring to your attention.
-- A Note of Sadness
-- NEW REPRESENTATIVES.
-- ARGENTINA. Ruben Lianza -- PORTUGAL. Rui Sousa Roza -- YEMEN. Hamed Ettehadi -- A message from Joe
Greetings! Welcome to the July 2009 copy of the Some Times Newsletter |
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John Dyer Article in Lapidary Journal... We bring to your attention. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The June 2009 Issue of Lapidary Journal / Jewelry
Artist featured an article by renowned designer and
gemcutter John Dyer. The article, "Better Indexing",
offers tips and techniques for improving the way that
you think about indexing-understanding the symmetry
of the stone. Very valuable to novices, it is probably not
"news" to you more experienced cutters, but John's
clear exposition is a pleasure in itself. The many
diagrams are excellent.
You can also find out all about John Dyers work at www.johndyergems.com |
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A Note of Sadness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More than a note of sadness - most of you probably
know by now that Jeff Graham passed away in June. It
was unexpected - it happened during his sleep - he
was only 50 years old. It was a shock. Jeff was an
exceptional faceter who shared his knowledge freely-
his website was probably the most visited of any
faceting website. His loss is both professional and
personal for all of us at Ultra Tec, and I know that many
of you share the sadness.
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NEW REPRESENTATIVES. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are happy to introduce three new International
Representatives for Ultra Tec - actually, from three
different continents.
There seems to be an awakening of interest in gem faceting around the World-we've seen the growth of Ultra Tec's international team. That the "faceting gene" is a worldwide phenomenon is no surprise. |
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ARGENTINA. Ruben Lianza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ruben Lianza was in Dallas Texas in the early 1990's,
working as a test pilot, when news was released that
he had discovered a field of oblong meteor craters in
Argentina, spotted from the air. That resulted in his
lecture to the Arlington Gem and Mineral Club, where
soon he became a member and met JE Carroll, who
taught him faceting. He has been an Ultra Tec faceter
ever since.
He returned to Argentina to complete his career in the Air Force, including a year as commander of an Argentine Antarctic Station - he retired as a Colonel about two years ago. Ruben writes: "Now I have time to develop my hobbies with more dedication, among them... faceting... of course." If you google "ruben esteban lianza" you will find interesting information relating to his experiences- including Antarctica, and the meteor craters - and his major activity now - http://www.lacarolinasanluis.com.ar/datos/oronativo.html - his "gold museum". |
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PORTUGAL. Rui Sousa Roza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rui Sousa Roza, who now lives in Oporto, Portugal,
lived and worked in Mozambique for 7 years and, of
course, it was there that Rui became interested in
faceting. It was hard not to--Mozambique is a source
of high quality gem rough--excellent garnets and
exceptional tourmalines-right there. He reports that
he started faceting on a German machine, as a hobby.
It wasn't long before he met an experienced cutter who provided him with lessons on the Ultra Tec--and he appreciated the Ultra Tec's precision and repeatability. From then on, it was Ultra Tec for him. Now, back home in Portugal, he is happy to have become an Ultra Tec Representative-and we are happy to welcome him to the team. |
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YEMEN. Hamed Ettehadi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hamed Ettehadi lives in an area of the Mid East where
there is an intense interest in precious and semi
precious cut stones-from the country of Yemen, with
its long tradition of artistic production. Hamed honed
his faceting skills in Switzerland, with lessons from
Hubert Heldner, and he is ready to offer similar
learning to his customers. Representing other
companies in the lapidary field, he said he particularly
wants to represent Ultra Tec for faceting-for the same
reasons that he has chosen Ultra Tec for his own
personal use.
His enthusiasm for the Ultra Tec and his excitement about faceting makes us eager to welcome him as our representative. |
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A message from Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In preparing this SomeTimes, I realize that we are already
half-way through 2009! - getting closer to the anticipated
worldwide economic recovery. Of course, we are indeed
"closer" to whenever that happens, but we're all hoping
that the prognosticators who were looking to an economic
turn-up in the latter part of 2009 are right.
With all of it, Ultra Tec is doing "OK" - not fabulous, but not bad - perhaps "solidly OK" is the way to say it. I remember in school (how many years ago!), getting a final grade of B+, and the smiling teacher told me "It's a good solid B+." I told her "I'd rather you gave me a shaky A-". Well. we'd rather report an "almost fabulous" grade for Ultra Tec, but we're happy to settle for a "solid OK." In a way, we've taken advantage of the situation to direct attention to some design ideas - some improvements to existing design and some new ideas. We're not too far off from telling you about them, but as is our way, we want to complete thorough testing so that you are assured of reliability when we do release something new. So-with it's 45th birthday in sight, Ultra Tec is healthy and is continuing to move forward. I trust you are well-I'm writing this on July 3rd, so- Happy Birthday Uncle Sam. Keep in touch.
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