Victoria Raynaud is French gemcutter and gemologist. She learned gemcutting through an apprenticeship in Geneva and worked as a professional lapidary for three years in Switzerland, specializing in the cutting of small, precision-cut stones for the Swiss watch industry.
Victoria Raynaud
Victoria Raynaud
She has also worked as a sample fabrication specialist and analyst in both GIA and DANAT, inside departments focused on origin determination research.
Victoria has attended gemology programs at both Gem-A in Canada and GIA in Bangkok. Victoria has taught gemcutting in Bahrain and Thailand and has travelled on gemstone field expeditions to Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
To see Victoria’s work, check out her Instagram profile: @victoriaraynaud
