Patent ID: 7419083

Claim:
A method of making granulated jewelry including a gemstone, comprising the steps of: providing an article of jewelry; marking a gemstone space on a mounting surface of an article of jewelry; marking a granule arrangement pattern on the mounting surface of an article of jewelry, said pattern being selected from the group consisting of singles and single lines; creating a plurality of granule seats to outline the space for the gemstone, said granule seats having a depth of about 10% of the size of the granule adapted to be seated therein; creating a plurality of granule seats for said singles and single lines wherein said seats are selected from the group consisting of indentations and channels, said granule seats having a depth of about 5% of the size of the granule adapted to be seated therein; providing granules corresponding to each of the plurality of granule seats; applying adhesive to the granules and the granule seats; placing granules in the granule seats; joining the granules to the mounting surface of the jewelry; forming a gemstone seat on the surface of the jewelry, the gemstone seat being disposed between the granules disposed in the granule seats outlining the gemstone; undercutting below the granules disposed within the granule seats outlining the gemstone; placing the gemstone in the gemstone seat; and pushing the granules disposed in the granule seats over the gemstone; whereby the gemstone is set on the mounting surface of the jewelry and held in place by the granules disposed in the granule seats outlining said gemstone.