Boris Kolodny

Original Design in Silver and Mokume by Boris

Boris Kolodny, BA, MA, FCGMA is a Gemologist, fellow of the Canadian Gemological Association, Member of the North York Faceting Guild and Member of the US Board of Trade. He has been involved in Jewelry Design and Manufacture for over 40 years. His apprenticeship was done with some of the best designers in North America, including Bill Heldwik and Nicki Senator.

All stages of jewelry and gem design, manufacture, gem cutting and stone setting are done at his studio. Boris does model making in wax, gold or silver.

To date, Boris has published 8 new and unique Gem Cut Designs. His Gem Cut, Close To Perfection, was chosen as one of 12 best in the world in 1993. Boris’s training started as a Precision Mechanic in Machine Design. It included 3 years of Mechanical Engineering at the UB Buffalo. This provided him with a solid technical background allowing him to become proficient in all stages of Jewelry Arts Gem Faceting and Carving. He is fully proficient in Gem-Cad Design and JewelCad and will frequently use the computer in various stages of manufacture. His specialty is designing Gem cuts to fit a given jew-elry design, which he offers at his studio.

He also enjoys designing his own tools and machinery to fit the job at hand. He often works on these projects together with Clint.

Also, Boris is a Professional Translator and Interpreter. He has several academic degrees including a BA in Art History and an MA in Languages and International Relations. He has trained with Clint Elery in making Mokume over the past years and uses it in some of his jewelry designs to great effect.