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The Man Who Would be King original carved wax

Each piece starts with a blank block of wax. This special jeweler's wax is carved using an alcohol lamp to melt wax and work with a collection of sharp dental tools and picks that would be fearsome if they were to be used in your mouth. . It is a challenge getting the initial shape roughed out but after a few days it starts to resemble the final design and can be finely detailed.

Brotherhood Ring Final Carving

The Brotherhood Ring final carving before casting...

After finishing with the carving, the wax original will be cast and made into a master.

Waxes treed and ready for casting

To make the master, the original wax, carved by hand, is assembled standing free on a "tree". This tree is submerged in a gypsum plaster-like solution called "investment" which after poured, hardens around the piece. Then, that hardened plaster, with the original wax embedded in the center, is placed in a kiln, heated to 1250 degrees, and the wax itself, with all that hard work, melts, pours out, then evaporates and burns away, leaving a hollow in the plaster exactly the shape of the original carving. That's why this process is called "Lost Wax Casting".

Pouring the Metal

The "burned out" investment plaster has molten gold or silver poured into the hole in the top, while a vacuum source sucks the air out from below, and the molten metal fills the crevice left by the original wax. Then that piece is quenched in cold water and the plaster is washed away. After that, the rough master is trimmed and finished, and the piece is ready to be polished.

Some rough castings.

In order to make more of them, a vulcanized mold of this metal "original" must be made. Then, wax is injected into the mold, making a wax "original" again, and the above melting and metal pouring process is repeated again. And again, and again!

At our Studio, we also do the polishing and assemble the pieces to their chains, do a last quality check, a final polish and finish or engrave. Then we package the jewelry in the velvet gift box and send it on its journey.

We create all our jewelry and designs in house, taking them from casting grain to final product, hand polished, one at a time. Proudly made in the USA!

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The Silver Man Who Would Be King Jewel
Brother Drew, this is TRULY a wonderful work of art. The cra ..
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