Abstract: A gemstone setting for gemstones that present as a single stone on the viewing face or top including a plurality of anchor gemstones and a larger touchstone wherein the gemstones are held in place with no metal from the setting visible between the gemstones. The gemstones are positioned in the setting with the lower girdle facets of the anchor gemstones overlapping and contacting the upper girdle facets of the touchstone so that at least one of the contact points between the touchstone and an anchor gemstone forms an angle and helps to hold the touchstone in place.

Abstract: A method for computer laser etching a design into a workpiece where the design is laser etched into the workpiece with the aid of a computer and computer peripherals, a laser etching device, and a control program which controls the laser beam. The workpiece may include a surface upon which a single layer or multiple layers of oxidizable coating material, such as paint, has been applied. The method is performed by the following steps: the design is input into the computer memory by use of a scanner or other input device; the design may then be scaled to a desired size; the intensity of the laser beam is selected so that only a single layer of material is removed; and the control program directs the laser beam to etch away appropriate portions of the layer of ablatable material, thus exposing the underlying surface and forming the desired design.