Van Cleef & Arpels' creative concept comes from life, and we strive to make every piece of jewelry a boutique. "The craftsman in the studio is called the Golden Hand, which comes from the king of Midas. It is said that he can turn anything he touches into gold, but Van Cleef &; On the contrary, Arpels craftsmen can turn gold and precious stones into amazing works of art. Vanclief & Arpels polishers, designers and gem setters are all connoisseurs of their own works. They are very serious and enthusiastic about their work. They regard work as a hobby or a way to enjoy life. Many "golden hands" have worked in the design room for decades, and most of them are from a jewelry family. In addition to jewelers, appraisers and inlayers, the studio also hired model makers, sculptors, painters and artists to participate in the creation, such as the summer series "Seven Seas and Seven Seas", which has excellent proportions like works of art and exquisite details carved on tiny surfaces such as watches, rings and brooches!
Let's take these two gems as an example and feel their birth process. Design firm
Birth always begins with the design room. Here, imaginative artists created the first manuscript with unique inspiration. After pencil drawing, it will be painted on gray paper with gouache pigment, because if white paper is used, white details such as white diamonds will be difficult to show. For designers, it is extremely important to present every detail on the drawings so that craftsmen can accurately understand the designer's ideas. Modeling studio
After that, in the mold workshop, experienced model craftsmen will make a diamond model made of tin and fake diamond crystals. This model allows designers and jewelers to feel the weight and shape of jewelry before formal production and avoid wasting precious materials. Jewelry processing room
After the model test, the prototype is processed in the jewelry processing room. Craftsmen use metal to create beautifully shaped and complicated frames to place precious gems. What jewelers need is to ensure that these metal frames can match the jewelry perfectly. Gem projection room
The connoisseurs in the screening room will select the highest quality and purest gems for formal manufacturing. In addition, other materials will be used, such as the highest quality coral and olivine. As for diamonds, the clearest, purest and translucent ones on the market are selected. The procurement process will follow the Kimberley Process to ensure that all gems come from the best origin. Gem polishing mosaic room
After the prototype is formed, the craftsman will polish it with thread until it shines slightly, and no defects and traces produced during the production process can be seen. Polishing is done by women. Later, in the mosaic workshop, craftsmen carefully drove diamonds, emeralds, rubies and other precious stones into the metal frame. The environment here is different from other studios: you have to knock on the door first and get permission before you can go in, because the mosaic work requires great concentration. Secret mosaic technology is another exquisite and luxurious technology. It was born in the 1940s, and now it has become Van Cleef &; The representative technology of Yabao. Secret inlay technology processes a hidden groove on each gem, and then skillfully embeds the gems, so that they are closely connected one by one, and each work does not show any inlaid claws, and everything is natural. It takes two to four hours to process a gem, and only a handful of craftsmen in the world are proficient in this extremely complicated process. After the gem is set, it will return to the polishing workshop for the last polishing. There, craftsmen finished the last finishing touch, magically turning hard stones and metals deep in the earth into dazzling jewelry masterpieces!
The production process of the world's top jewelry is meticulous, and every step is a test of technology and patience.
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