Friday, August 12, 2011

The Three Characteristics of Italian Jewelry Craft


The three characteristics of Italian jewelry craft

Textured carving gold method
Renaissance goldsmith are widely used, but then gradually lost a carved gold technique requires patience and agile craftsmen to hand-to-fine silk of gold a root to ride together, the old tools to use specific to achieve the expected results, a slight mistake will lead to naught, hard gold in the superb craftsmen carved gold weave technique magically showing under delicate fabrics texture.



 
Round convex-cut method
In order to produce colored stones rounded soft feel, popular in the East round convex cutting method has been improved development of the past, this process only for relatively low prices and rich decorative colored stones, and Bulgari is the first to explore and this cutting process to enhance the potential of the jewelers to round section replace multiple facets gem stones, precious stones to make a more mellow perfection.
Lost wax casting
The wax into the mold, to obtain copies of the same with jewelry. Then the wax tree assembly, insert the metal cylinder, and filled and covered with a special chalk. Cylinder was then placed in high-temperature oven: wax melted, leaving a hollow mold, molten precious metals will be used to fill the space, after all the craftsmen of surface treatment of metal parts, to form the actual shape of the jewelry.

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