The Making of a Ring
It's a cool afternoon in Ridgewood, and the downtown area is unusually quiet and calm - everywhere except the crowded manufacturing room cracking with ideas on how to custom design a ring. In that room, a creative staff has gathered for a discussion on the design and execution of a ring that must meet Arthur Groom's high standards. They have a Herculean task ahead of them; they will design and make an exciting ring - a piece of personal art - that will be a source of pride both for future jewelry owners and Arthur Groom. Here is a simplified overview of that process.
A decision was made whether the creation will be by fabrication or the lost wax process. This particular design will be completed through the lost wax process. A wax is carved that exactly represents the desired finished ring. Every detail is meticulously rendered into the wax model.
The wax pattern is then encased within a plaster, called "investment," which when hard will be placed in a kiln. The process is called a "burn out," and this melting the wax out of the investment, a melting that must leave no residue of wax, allows a jeweler to "cast" a precious metal into the ring-shaped cavity. When the investment is removed, what was a wax ring is now a metal ring.
The "casting," as the metal ring is called at this stage in its existence, will be shaped, sanded, filed and eventually polished to perfection.
A mold will be made - by vulcanizing rubber - of the ring. Thus, by injecting wax into the mold, wax patterns can be had to cast identical rings of various precious metals. This insures consistency and quality.
A ring is set with precious gems to delight some future owner.
Our clients enjoy both the jewelry we render but also the pride of owing an Arthur Groom design. Stop in a see what we can do for you.
