The workshop

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The Inner Sanctum.

Making a piece of jewellery generally requires 4 distinctly different disciplines.

Design : speaks for itself.

Mounting : The process of manipulating, soldering and forming precious metals into the ‘mount’, ready to take the stones.

DSC_8849Setting : The process of setting the stones into the mount, employing a variety of methods (without using adhesives), to suit the style & period of the piece. Much underestimated!

Finishing : This is not simply polishing. Jewellery requires lots of different finishes. This includes numerous types of plating, texturing, oxidising and various grades of polishing.

Within my workshop I have all the equipment and knowledge required to carry out all of these processes.

 

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Here the all important ‘Melt’.

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Button of gold cooling off.