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Omega chain
An Omega chain is a pseudo-chain made by assembling metallic links on a wire or woven mesh. The embedded wire provides the strength, so the links can be designed to please the eye.
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Oil of brick
Oil of brick, called by apothecaries Oleum de Lateribus and by alchemists Oil of Philosophers, was an empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil, such as olive oil, to distillation at a high temperature [1]. The process initially started with pieces of brick, which were heated red hot in live coals, […]
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Millesimal fineness
Millesimal fineness is a system of denoting the purity of platinum, gold and silver alloys by parts per thousand of pure metal in the alloy.
For example, an alloy containing 75% gold is denoted as “750″.
It is an extension of the older carat (karat in North American spelling) system of denoting the purity of gold […]
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Magatama
Magatama, are curved beads which first appeared in Japan during the Jomon period, around circa 1000 BCE and in Korea (where they are called Gogok or Kokkok) during the Prehistoric period, mainly from the end of Neolithic period and continuing into the Bronze Age. [1]. [2].
They are often found inhumed in mounded tumulus graves […]
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Lapidary
A lapidary (the word means “concerned with stones”) is an artisan who practices the craft of working, forming and finishing stone, mineral, gemstones, and other suitably durable materials (amber, shell, jet, pearl, copal, coral, horn and bone, glass and other synthetics) into functional and/or decorative, even wearable, items (e.g. cameos, cabochons, and more complex […]
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Kiffa beads
Kiffa beads are rare powder glass beads named after the Mauritanian city of Kiffa, where French ethnologist R.Mauny documented them first in 1949.[1]
Kiffa beads represent one of the highest levels of artistic skill and ingenuity in beadmaking, being manufactured with the simplest materials and tools available - pulverized European glass beads or fragments of […]
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Jig (jewellery)
A jig is a tool used to make wire jewellery. It can be a board or a plate that has holes where pegs can be fitted in order to bend wire around the pegs in a decorative manner. Many different kinds of jewellery can be made on one including earrings, necklaces and bracelets.
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Findings
Findings refers to jewellery components used to put together the jewelry. For example, clasps, earwires, crimps, jumprings, and beadtips are all considered findings.
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Filigree
Filigree (formerly written filigrann or filigrane) (Also known as “Telkari” (the name given in Anatolia it means, “Wire work”) or “Cift-isi” (Meaning Tweezers work - Pronunciation: Chift-ishi) ) is a jewel work of a delicate kind made with twisted threads usually of gold and silver.
The word, which is usually derived from the Latin filum, […]
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Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorative object in itself, as when silver or gold are engraved, or in art may provide an intaglio printing plate in printmaking, of copper or another metal.
The engraving process
Engravers use a […]
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