CELTIC JEWELLERY

To start with, we have to make the 'master'. This is the original piece, which is than sent to the casting company. The jewellery 'master' is then placed in a frame between two rubber layers. The rubber is heated and pressed to mould around the jewellery 'master'.   The mould is cut open and the jewellery 'master' taken out. Liquid wax is injected into the rubber mold. After cooling, this leaves the wax pieces, identical to the jewellery 'master'.   These are then mounted to a stem in shape of a tree, placed in a form and filled with embedment. The embed-ment (very fine sand) is compounded by placing it in a vacuum vibrator. When the embedment is hardened, the wax is molten and burned out in a kiln.   Precious metal is molten in a cylinder on the centrifuge. The casting form of embedment is mounted on top.   When the centrifuge is spun, the cylinder with the molten metal and the casting form tilt horizontally and the metal is forced into the form. After the form and the metal have cooled down, the embedment is removed and washed off.   What is left is the raw cast jewellery.        This is where our work starts again.   To find out more, click on How our Celtic Jewellery is made PART3.

Many thanks to our jewellery tools supplier Fa. Fischer for the use of their images