The whole process of jewelry processing and inlay
It is impossible to imagine that if there is no exquisite inlay craftsmanship, jewelry cannot be worn on people's necks, wrists and fingers. In order to make jewellery alive and well, many generations of craftsmen have created many jewellery inlay methods for hundreds of years, or they can’t imagine. If there is no exquisite inlay craftsmanship, jewelry cannot be worn on people’s necks, wrists and fingers. between. In order to make jewellery alive as a work of art, generations of craftsmen have created many jewellery inlay methods for hundreds of years, either to highlight the brilliance of the gems, or to hide the metal support seamlessly. We have seen all kinds of jewels born after being inlaid with brilliance and shining. Various shapes and styles perfectly interpret beauty, fashion and classics. In fact, every piece of jewelry has to go through many processes, such as design, production, grinding, polishing, etc., each of these steps must be delicately operated. The first step: design drawings The designer will first conceive a new work sketch on paper, and complete the design draft with pencil and gouache. This process takes as little as a few days and a half months, and as many as a few months before a model is finalized. Every designer was an angel with folded wings in his previous life. Designing is not just a matter of applying a few strokes like painting when I was young. A design drawing must be novel and unique, stylish and exquisite, high-end atmosphere, materials and craftsmanship, and matching of bare stones, brand ideas, designer styles, and central ideas must be expressed. Maybe it took a lot of hard work to draw 100 times, and finally felt that a little bit was not in place, all overturned. Maybe it took a lot of hard work to design a satisfactory work, but others failed to comprehend her beauty. In the design of jewelry customization, we still communicate with customers all the time. After N times of revisions, a jewelry design drawing can be determined. Step 2: Manually engrave the wax plate (from the computer CAD version) craftsmen refer to the design drawings to hand-carve the wax plate. This is the most demanding process in the jewelry making process. The wax plate must be smooth and clean, and the structure of each part is reasonable. The location and size of the inlaid gemstones are accurate. (This process depends on the degree of complexity, ranging from one or two days to several days). This is a fine work With the development of technology, there are fewer and fewer handmade jewelry, most of which use computer CAD software for drawing (see the picture below). CAD computer drawing version But for some special shapes or animal-shaped jewelry, you will still choose a good master to hand-carve the wax version. After all, the carved things have feelings! The third step: Inverted mold The ancient lost wax casting method, the wax mold is made into an 18K ring. If it is mass production, then the front wax plate will be made into a silver plate and pressed into an adhesive film to mass produce wax molds! But for customization, only one piece is made for each item, so go directly to the moulding process and plant wax trees first. 1, plant a wax tree each wax ring is individually welded to a wax stick by hand, and finally a wax tree shaped like a big tree is obtained, ready for casting. 2. Gypsum filling Put the planted wax tree on the stainless steel tube together with the base plate, and slowly inject the corresponding weight of gypsum slurry along the inner wall of the steel tube, without the wax tree, leave it naturally for 6-12 hours after vacuuming to make the gypsum solidification. 3. Baking gypsum Baking the plaster mold, which is used for dewaxing, drying and casting heat preservation. 4. Casting Take out the baked plaster mold, and at the same time prepare the metal solution that needs to be poured. Pour the melted gold water from the nozzle. 5. Frying, washing and cleaning of plaster mold After casting, the plaster mold is in a high temperature state. After it is taken out from the casting machine, it is naturally placed for 10-30 minutes, and then placed in cold water for frying. After the gypsum bursts due to shrinkage, take out the golden tree, brush off the large pieces of gypsum with a steel brush, soak in 30% hydrofluoric acid for 10 minutes, and rinse after clamping to remove the remaining gypsum until the surface of the golden tree is clean. 6. Cut the casting Cut the jewelry on the golden tree along the bottom of the nozzle to dry. The fourth step: The mold holding is all done by hand, and the special knife is used to push back and forth on the surface of the jewelry. This process requires certain skills and techniques. Step 5: Matching stones According to the jewelry design drawings, manually sort the diamonds or gems, pick out the suitable color, cut, and size matching, and prepare for inlay. The sixth step: inlay gems This step is the real test of the master's handwork by hand inlaying every diamond and gemstone. If the design is relatively simple and easy, then the setting is naturally easy. If the design involves complicated craftsmanship, or uses a large number of gems and diamonds inlaid jewelry, the difficulty is even higher. So the time required for this step varies. Micro setting, this is a technical job, inlay gems under a magnifying glass dozens of times! 7th step: polishing, electro-gold further polish the metal surface and details. Some jewelry needs to be electro-gold to make the surface smoother! Step 8: Quality inspection Inspect the finished jewellery. If it fails, return it to the previous process and make it again! The above is just to show some important links in the process of making a piece of jewelry. Customizing jewellery is not about making mud, place an order today and want to ship tomorrow. Waiting slowly, a perfect work will come out! This article comes from: Jewelry setting
