GB2444789A - Method of manufacturing jewellery - Google Patents
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- GB2444789A GB2444789A GB0625130A GB0625130A GB2444789A GB 2444789 A GB2444789 A GB 2444789A GB 0625130 A GB0625130 A GB 0625130A GB 0625130 A GB0625130 A GB 0625130A GB 2444789 A GB2444789 A GB 2444789A
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44C—PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS
- A44C27/00—Making jewellery or other personal adornments
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
- B29C67/00—Shaping techniques not covered by groups B29C39/00 - B29C65/00, B29C70/00 or B29C73/00
- B29C67/24—Shaping techniques not covered by groups B29C39/00 - B29C65/00, B29C70/00 or B29C73/00 characterised by the choice of material
- B29C67/241—Moulding wax
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a precursor to an article of jewellery, the method comprises the steps of a) providing a flexible substrate, b) attaching an animal skin to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate; c) manipulating the substrate to a desired shape; d) providing a mould around the substrate and the attached animal skin. The method further comprises e) filling the mould with molten material to form a solid article of jewellery within the mould; f) setting the molten material to form a solid article of jewellery in the mould and g) removing the article of jewellery from the mould. Preferable examples of skin include fish-skin or snake-skin. The substrate is wax and the animal skin is attached to the wax by adhesive. The mould material is plaster, metal or plastics. An example of the manufacture of a ring, a bracelet and a pair of earrings is provided.
Description
Jewellery Manufacture
Field of the Invention
This invention relates to methods of manufacturing jewellery, and jewellery made by said methods.
Background to the Invention
It is known to manufacture jewellery by creating a mould into which molten metal is poured. The molten metal is solidified and the mould removed to produce the final piece ofjewetlery.
It is desired to incorporate patterns to many pieces ofjewellery in order to increase their aesthetic appeal and provide a person wearing the jewellery with customised jewellery that matches their needs and desires. Many methods of manufacturing jewel lery with surface or three-dimensional patterns involve etching or otherwise scoring the patterns into the surface of the jewellery, which can be both time-consuming and prone to errors based on mis-copying of a desired pattern.
It may be desired to provide pieces ofjewellery with patterns corresponding to complex natural patterns such as scales, feathers or the like for example. For such patterns, etching or other manual methods of applying the pattern tojewellery is difficult and often leads to an unsatisfactory result.
It is therefore an aim of preferred embodiments of the present invention to overcome or mitigate at least one problem of the prior art, whether expressly disclosed herein or not.
It is also an aim of at least one embodiment of the present invention to provide methods of manufacturing jewellery comprising surface patterns corresponding to natural patterns present on animal skins and body parts.
Summary of the Invention
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of manufacturing a precursor to an article ofjewellery, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a flexible substrate; b) attaching an animal skin to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate; c) manipulating the substrate to a desired shape; d) providing a mould around the substrate and attached animal skin; and e) removing the substrate and attached animal skin from within the mould.
The method therefore provides a positive mould containing a positive impression of the piece ofjewellery to be made, which includes a surface pattern.
The substrate is preferably a malleable substrate. In one embodiment the substrate is a wax substrate, able to be manipulated at room temperature.
The animal skin may be attached to the substrate by any suitable means, and may be dependent on the type and surface properties of the substrate. In some embodiments the substrate may comprise an integrally adhesive surface, whereas in other embodiments the animal skin may be attached to the substrate by a separate adhesive of any suitable type. In yet other embodiments the substrate may be soft and the animal skin may be pushed into the surface of the substrate to be retained therein. In preferred embodiments the animal skin is presented from the surface of the substrate, such that any surface pattern on the animal skin is presented from the surface of the substrate.
In preferred embodiments the substrate is wax, and the animal skin is attached to the substrate by adhesive.
The animal skin may be any suitable animal skin, but is preferably a skin comprising scales, such as fishskin or snakeskin. In preferred embodiments the animal skin is snakeskin.
The substrate is preferably manipulated into the shape of an article ofjewellery, such as a ring, bracelet, bangle, earring, brooch, necklace, anklet, badge or the like for example; and is manipulated such that the attached animal skin is located on an outer surface of the article ofjewellery.
The mould is preferably formed by casting a material around the substrate comprising the attached animal skin, and may be any suitable material such as metal, plaster, plastics or the like for example. In preferred embodiments the mould is cast such that an aperture is retained in the mould that provides access the substrate encased within, so that the substrate and animal skin can be removed from the mould through the aperture. In other embodiments the mould may be cast such that it comprises a plurality of parts that are removed from the encased substrate, and reassembled remotely to provide the positive mould.
In preferred embodiments the substrate comprises a material having a melting point substantially lower than the mould material, and the mould is cast around the substrate with an aperture therein. In this way, after the mould has formed round the substrate the mould, substrate and animal skin can be heated to melt the substrate (and animal skin), the substrate then being able to exit the mould through the aperture. In preferred embodiments the substrate is wax and the mould is a metal having a higher melting point than the wax, or a plastics material or plaster having a higher melting point than the wax.
In a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of manufacturing an article ofjewellery comprising the steps of: a) performing the method of the first aspect of the present invention to produce a mould; b) filling the mould with a molten material; c) setting the molten material to form a solid article ofjewellery within the mould; and d) removing the article ofjewellery from the mould In some embodiments the molten material is a molten metal (including molten alloy).
Suitable molten metals include steel, bronze, brass, silver, gold, platinum, gunmetal, base metal, iron pyrites, palladium, titanium, and alloys and mixtures thereof.
In some embodiments the metal may be a first metal or mixture of metals, and resultant article ofjewellery may be plated with a second metal or mixture of metals
for example.
In preferred embodiments the metal is selected from silver, gold, platinum or mixtures thereof.
Suitably the molten metal is cooled to solidify the metal.
The mould may be removed from the article ofjewellery by breaking the mould or any other suitable means.
The article ofjewellery is preferably a ring, bracelet, bangle, earring, brooch, necklace, anklet, badge or the like for example.
Detailed Description of the Invention
The various aspects of the invention will now be described by way of the following non-limiting example.
Example I
A ring was manufactured according to the methods of the invention as follows: a) substrate in the form of a wax block was cut to the desired shape, a solid disc b) the disc was sprayed across the entire surface of one side of the disc with an adhesive and a piece of snakeskin attached to the sticky surface, c) excess snakeskin was trimmed from around the edge of the disc d) the disc was rolled into an open cylinder.
e) the wax with attached snakeskin was then encased in a mould by a third party.
The wax was sent off to a casting company where they attached the wax to a wax tree, which may have had various branches of wax items ofjewellery from other makers attached. This tree was then placed in a can and plaster was poured in to form a mould around all the wax pieces.
1) the wax and snakeskin along with any other wax pieces on the wax tree were melted by heating the mould and the molten wax/snakeskin removed through the aperture in the mould.
g) the mould was then filled with molten silver and the silver allowed to solidify by cooling h) the solidified silver, now in the form of a ring bearing a snakeskin pattern attached to a silver tree, was removed from the mould by breaking open the mould and then separating the various branches of the now solid silver tree by sawing, to produce the ring.
Example 2
A bracelet was manufactured according to the methods of the invention as follows: i) substrate in the form of a wax sheet was cut to the desired shape, a 2mm thick rectangle j) the rectangle was sprayed across the entire surface of one side of the rectangle with an adhesive and a piece of lizard skin attached to the sticky surface, k) excess lizard skin was trimmed from around the edge of the rectangle 1) the rectangle was rolled into an open cylinder.
m) the wax with attached snakeskin was then encased in a mould by a third party.
The wax was sent off to a casting company where they attached the wax to a wax tree, which may have had various branches of wax items ofjewellery from other makers attached. This tree was then placed in a can and plaster was poured in to form a mould around all the wax pieces.
n) the wax and lizard skin along with any other wax pieces on the wax tree were melted by heating the mould and the molten wax/lizard skin removed through the aperture in the mould.
o) the mould was then filled with molten bronze and the bronze allowed to solidify by cooling p) the solidified bronze, now in the form of a bracelet bearing a lizard skin pattern attached to a bronze tree, was removed from the mould by breaking open the mould and then separating the various branches of the now solid bronze tree by sawing, to produce the bracelet.
Example 3
A pair of earrings were manufactured according to the methods of the invention as follows: q) substrate in the form of a wax sheet was cut to the desired shape, two 3mm thick ovals r) the ovals was sprayed across the entire surface of one side of the ovals with an adhesive and a piece of snakeskin attached to the sticky surfaces, s) excess snakeskin was trimmed from around the edge of the ovals t) the ovals were shaped by hand into two desirable identical curves.
u) the wax ovals with attached snakeskin was then encased in a mould by a Third party. The waxes were sent off to a casting company where they were both attached to a wax tree in the form of two branches. The tree may have had various branches of wax items ofjewellery from other makers attached. This tree was then placed in a can and plaster was poured in to form a mould around all the wax pieces.
v) the waxes and snakeskin along with any other wax pieces on the wax tree were melted by heating the mould and the molten waxlsnakeskin removed through the aperture in the mould.
w) the mould was then filled with molten silver and the silver allowed to solidify by cooling x) the solidified silver, now in the form of two identical earrings both bearing a snakeskin pattern attached to a silver tree, were removed from the mould by breaking open the mould and then separating the various branches of the now solid silver tree by sawing, to produce a pair of earrings.
Claims (5)
- Claims 1. A method of manufacturing a precursor to an articleofjewellety, the method comprising the steps of: 1) providing a flexible substrate; g) attaching an animal skin to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate; h) manipulating the substrate to a desired shape; I) providing a mould around the substrate and attached animal skin; and removing the substrate and attached animal skin from within the mould.
- 2. A method as claimed in claim I wherein the substrate is wax.
- 3. A method as claimed in claim I or 2 wherein the mould comprises plaster, metal or plastics.
- 4. A method of manufacturing an article ofjewellery comprising the steps of: e) performing the method of any one of claims 1-3 to produce a mould; f) filling the mould with a molten material; g) setting the molten material to form a solid article ofjewellery within the mould; and h) removing the article ofjewellery from the mould
- 5. A method substantially as described herein with reference to the examples.
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| GB0625130A GB2444789B (en) | 2006-12-16 | 2006-12-16 | Jewellery manufacture |
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| GB0625130A GB2444789B (en) | 2006-12-16 | 2006-12-16 | Jewellery manufacture |
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| GB1491532A (en) * | 1974-03-13 | 1977-11-09 | Mashida T | Process for preparing straps |
| GB2122069A (en) * | 1982-06-18 | 1984-01-11 | Jean Francois Egersperger | Pendant |
| US5551503A (en) * | 1994-01-27 | 1996-09-03 | Padino Antonio Microfusioni | Process for the production of decorative articles in gold or other precious metals and the articles made by the process |
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| GB1491532A (en) * | 1974-03-13 | 1977-11-09 | Mashida T | Process for preparing straps |
| GB2122069A (en) * | 1982-06-18 | 1984-01-11 | Jean Francois Egersperger | Pendant |
| US5551503A (en) * | 1994-01-27 | 1996-09-03 | Padino Antonio Microfusioni | Process for the production of decorative articles in gold or other precious metals and the articles made by the process |
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