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On my blog you can interact with your comments, see insights around what inspires  and also how I make and produce my jewellery 

For many reasons I feel jewellery is a very precious item to own and that’s why I have started my blog, A blog is a great way for my customers to leave comments and feedback on the articles and really see what inspires me.

I will continue to add to the blog with news about new collections and hopefully provide a platform for my customers to ask questions. On my blog I aim to go more in depth about my craft and try to make it interesting for my audience and hopefully get to know my customers even more. There is a comment section and I welcome any feedback. 

Sustainability is very much on the forefront of my mind and I know this is important for many of my customers and for example you might wish to know more about what I am doing to be more sustainable, I would love to hear your views on this topic and any suggestions on how I can improve.   

Also what about stones, what stones do you love, what are your favourites?, One of my favourite stones is Moonstone. What is it we love about these fascinating stones. In time I will post information about different precious gemstones and their properties and all that there is about them.  

UK production, producing in the UK, slower fashion and the relationship between UK production and slower fashion are also topics that I want to cover in time on my blog and why these things are important to me, so do stayed tuned and pop in from time to time!

Also you can visit me in person every other Thursday afternoon at Petit Miracles, from 1pm until 6pm.

Lost Wax casting

lost wax casting or sometimes known as investment casting is the process of carving or forming a piece of wax and then through a casting process turning the wax into a metal of choice. 

There are different types of wax that you can use, here I have worked with a very soft pink wax which often has to be heated with a small flame and stainless steel carving tool. 

After I have finished carving my wax model I then send it to the caster and the piece is then turned into a metal of the customers choice. There are quite a few more stages after that to fully develop a part/component that I then develop into a  piece of jewellery, but this is the first basic stage of lost wax casting.

I have happily worked with the same caster for more than 17 years, a small/medium family run business based in Hatton garden who have been in business since 1964. Just Castings, St Cross Street, Hatton Garden.

 

After I have carved my wax and made it ready for the casting process I have some understanding of how the next stage works but I have never been involved with the process myself, so to go more behind the scenes with this fascinating  and creative process here is another good casters to visit also based in Hatton garden.

West 1 Castings

Some history behind lost wax casting

Lost wax casting is not a modern process of metal working, amazingly people have been using this ancient technique for thousands of years. The earliest known examples are around 6.500 years old. For further reading and information visit Wikipedia. Lost wax casting.

 

 

 

see the finished piece