The Production

Aug 07, 2019

Emerying & Abrasives

After the initial surface treatment is done, despruing and filing edges to the general obtain shape of the finished product, a series of emery sticks and abrasives will be used prepared the raw silver for polish. This stage of the...

Aug 06, 2019

Soldering

Soldering edges its way into the production process with only a few of our designs, including the Ouroboros, the Skull Signet and all our pendants and bracelets. A small pin is added to the bottom of the Snakes and Skull,...

Aug 03, 2019

Blackening

This part of the process is for highlighting details on the piece, seen through the blackened areas within the engraved sections of a design. This is performed by heating the piece and then submerging in a solution called Liver Of...

Aug 02, 2019

Stone Setting

Stone setting, for every jeweller, will be one of the more technical aspects to production. At CHD, we use three setting techniques; hammerset, bezel set and prong setting. Hammersetting, is used for our small round faceted stones set flush into...

Jul 31, 2019

Polishing

The final stage of the production process is the polishing of the piece on a bench motor or with our hand piece, using polishing compounds, cotton mops or felt mops, small goats hair brushes or any tool to apply compound...