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The Skill of a Master Craftsman or Imported Cast Jewellery? You Choose!

The selection of jewellery available today is greater than it has ever been.  Modern manufacturing methods ensures that the supply of mass designed jewellery is forever growing.

In any country in the world you will find the same type of jewellery,  The designs, the metals and stones that are used in those designs are virtually all the same.  This often imported jewellery is extremely cheap to buy and not expected to last the test of time.

Even some of the more ‘quality’ types of jewellery could be ‘cast jewellery’.  This means that the design has been originally made in wax with a mould being made from the design.  The mould is then filled with a metal, often an inferior one or an amalgamation of different metals and left to harden before the wax is removed.  This is known as lost wax casting.

The piece is then decorated with gems or precious stones, either attached to the piece or placed in the basket fixing such as you would expect for an engagement ring.  Even diamonds are included in pieces made in this way.  A high level of craftsmanship is not required and the piece is not custom made.  Instead, 100s or even 1000s of engagement rings or other pieces of jewellery are made from the same casting, resulting in an inferior product.  Cast jewellery has also found to be softer, therefore you cannot be confident that a piece made from an interior metal will last ‘forever’.

Although many cast and manufactured pieces are made from solid pieces of metal, their hand made counterparts are not and are usually crafted from less solid pieces.  This means that the skill of the craftsman is paramount to ensure that the hand made piece is perfect in every detail and why hand made jewellery is so coveted by passionate enthusiasts.

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The Skill of a Master Craftsman Ensures Quality and Innovative Design

To ensure that your diamond jewellery is totally unique and crafted from quality materials you should go to a diamond merchant such as My Diamonds at www.mydiamonds.com.au where they guarantee that every diamond has been graded using the world renowned GIA Diamond Grading criteria and that every diamond engagement ring, wedding ring or dress ring has been uniquely designed by their Australian Master Craftsman.

Using an eclectic array of loose diamonds, a client can join the artisan on the very first step of his or her journey towards the bespoke piece, ensuring that total confidence and pleasure in the jewellery can be achieved.

Adora Diamond Stud Earrings          Firenze Diamond Pendant        Massimo Men’s Wedding

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Stunning designs of handmade jewellery from My Diamonds www.diamond.com.au

The My Diamonds jewellery collection, some of which is showcased above is completely hand made by Australian craftsman in their workshops in Australia. Their designs are totally unique and the diamonds that they include in the designs are of the highest quality as stated by the GIA Diamond Grading Reports or Dossiers which are unique to each diamond.

The My Diamonds master craftsman has been using his talents and training to design the ultimate in diamond jewellery for the last 23 years, having been trained at the esteemed Brussels and Antwerp College of Fine Arts, Jewellery Design and Manufacture.

Because of this My Diamonds have built an unequalled reputation in the field of diamond jewellery that others can only aspire to.  They have complete confidence in their eclectic collection of stunning jewellery which includes wedding bands, engagement rings, men’s jewellery, pendants and diamond stud earrings.

They are now in the enviable position of using the talents of a team of master craftsmen who have all been trained to the same exacting standards by the My Diamonds head jeweller.

To ensure that when you buy your engagement ring or diamond you receive top quality jewellery that is 100% guaranteed go to My Diamonds at www.mydiamonds.com.au or call 1800 766 567

I need to know what is the best hand drill for resin beads. If i wanted to glue the resin gems to a ring blank or whatever, what is the best glue to use? If it helps I plan on using Easy Cast epoxy brand

I appreciate any help, thank you!

I’m making an engagement ring for my girlfriend via wax carving (then cast into white gold) but I don’t have much experience to draw from. Is there an on-line community where I could ask questions and get answers from people who have experience? (I know there are classes offered at different schools, but I’m way out in the boonies. No classes out here -_- )
Thanks!

Cuttle bone casting is an ancient technique. It is a natural material well suited to the casting process. In this video I outline the steps used to cast a ring.

Don Norris teaches you how to make an adjustable square wire ring. Visit www.learnsilver.com for the complete class video. This clip is from Don’s “Jewelry Making in 3 Minute Videos” series.

Source of silver? Plaster possible as a mold? How to heat silver?

melted out. Then the metal is poured in to create the ring. It is called the lost wax method. I need to buy the wax rings and don’t know what to call them. I’ve googled everything I can think of, gone to suppliers websites, no where can I find the wax ring to make a mold for the metal. Does anyone know?>