[Jewelry making - Article 00148] - Re: [Orchid] The casting not hand made discussion

[Olga Shmid]

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    Hi, everyone! We have just subscribed to your forum. We couldn t
    leave William Denayer s message without notice. We are Olga and Yury
    Shmid, from Russia, Saint Petersburg. Personally Olga is the artist
    and the member of Saint Petersburg s United Artists Society. And we
    often participate in different exhibitions. Every piece goes through
    an elaborate way of creation: starting from the sketch to the ready
    thing. We make jewelry using different technologies. Our main
    specialization   making miniature sculpture images of architectural
    monuments, people, animals, mythical creatures, that are later used
    in rings, earrings, bracelets and other jewelry. We make our models
    manually. We make them out of model wax, but also use special
    plastic or bone, which is more often. It gives us possibility to
    work out details much better. Then we take the silicon mould off and
    make a new cast of metal. Then we work on it until it s perfect. We
    carve and stamp it, under the microscope (to see it better). Often
    the ready piece doesn t look like the model at the beginning. We
    work out every millimeter of the surface very carefully. Then,
    according to design, gems are inserted and enamels are laid
    (cloisonn=CA, champleve) or something else. That s how we perform
    models for jewelry companies, that are then making only a few copies
    of exclusive pieces (5-10 units). But it also happens that by means
    of casting we manage to create only one unique piece. It also
    happens, that when making a 3d jewelry piece ( a necklace, for
    example) using mounting, by means of  knocking out , soldering,
    assembly, an only single detail needs to be casted. It can be named
    HANDMADE, can t it? All the equipment here is only a tool to gain a
    certain goal. Every thing should have a piece of internal warmness
    of the person who made it.  Because when we create, we give a piece
    of our life to our creations. 

Sincerely,
Olga and Yury Shmid



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