When Precision Counts: Creating Luxury Custom Jewelry
When Precision Counts:Creating Luxury Custom Jewelry
Agenda
• Jimmy Achdjian• Tour of luxury custom jewelry
• Ruben Romero – Ruben’s Jewelry• The process of brining an idea from sketch to life• Customer white glove experience
• Darla Alvarez and Manuel Basmajian - GIA• Overview of GIA’s Jewelry Design & Technology diploma program
• Owner of Certus 3D of UAE, GJ Systems of Armenia
• Solidscape Reseller since 2003, CAD Instructor, designer, gemcutter
• GIA Graduate Jeweler Gemologist, Gemology/Jewelry Manufacturing
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Jimmy Achdjian
When Precision Counts
• Creating Custom Jewelry• Rare gems, precious metal and one-of-a-kind design• Starts with a sketch that materializes into a drawing• Goldsmith used to carve the block of wax or directly works the precious
metal by hand• CAD/CAM has changed this, but this process is still applicable for some
jewelers in different parts of the world
• CAD Design• Virtual tools converted into a realistic 3D file• Designed previewed by customer and approved before production
• Design can be modified, control final piece weight and customer directions with a couple of clicks
• File is transferred to a CAM machine (3D printer)
When Precision Counts
• High End Jewelry Commends:• High Luster Surface finish of the precious metal• Printed model needs to have a superior finish – to achieve this we need:
• High resolution/precision printer• Material that has excellent casting properties to avoid any porosity, flat spot
warping and shrinkage
When Precision Counts
When Precision Counts
When Precision Counts
• Casting Sprues Placement/Removal• With help of CAD, we can place the sprues in an intelligent way to get an
excellent casting result • Saves the integrity of the design
When Precision Counts
When Precision Counts
When Precision Counts
• Postprocessing:• Perfect polishing
• High end jewelry made from several parts• Goldsmith can easily polish each piece
• Able to achieve on printer:• High surface shiny finish• High precision• Directly castable• Ease of processing• Ease of automatic support generation, using ModelWorks
• Founded 2002 by Ruben Romero• Located in the Seybold building in Miami, FL• Diverse, over-the-top custom creations• On-site design• 3D Digital Design• 3D Wax Print• Casting
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About Ruben’s Jewelry
Ruben’s Jewelry – Miami, FL
• Senior Instructor, Jewelry Manufacturing Arts• Applied Jewelry Professional™• Graduate Jeweler Program• Over 7 years experience as a custom jeweler• Repair, casting, fabrication, setting• CAD/CAM
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Darla Alvarez
• 23 years experience in the jewelry industry• Started in the industry at the age of 13• Custom-model design experience• Wholesale, manufacturing and mass
production experience• CAD
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Manuel Basmajian
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GIA – Jewelry Design & Technology Program
Darla AlvarezManuel Basmajian
Questions?
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