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What can this Mysterious Paint be?
Hi All,
I've been looking at a very interesting video on the Dior Jewellery website which shows a jeweller making a ring. We see him doing wax carving, casting, assembling the ring and setting the stones. Finally, he applies brightly-coloured paint. At first I though it must be a paint-on enamel which would need to be fired, but it isn't, because he paints it on after setting the stones.
The website is http://www.diorjoaillerie.com/uk/jewelry_uk.html
and to see the video you have to click on "COLLECTIONS", then "Milly Carnivora".
Does anyone have any idea what this mysterious paint might be? I'd love to get my hands on some...
Best regards,
Nina
www.ninagale.weebly.com
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Cold enamel I guess - epoxy-based. Makes them look like plastic!
That's a great set of videos - thanks for sharing it! "Oui" suggests lots of alternatives and is quite similar to am Om design I did a few months ago.
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I imagine it's some type of enamel, but what a waste - the end result looks like something my 7 year old painted!
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Thank you Nina, I've bookmarked the site to look at again.
This is posh labour intensive costume jewellery and for me an uneasy juxtoposition of precious and non precious materials. But as with all new things you could eventually get used to it and like it. Just browse the collection and see how youthful and cheeky it is. The only thing you might never like is the price.
Good of you to post that, Dennis.
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Thanks for posting. Very interesting. I agree though, that bright enamel makes them actually look cheap. I would prefer if they left them unpainted.
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Sorry, I don't like this item, selling wax modeled ,cast and painted items as quality jewelery is a joke. And to suggest that the process took months is ridiculous. I am an experienced maker of flowers and I make them from sheet and wire, then they are hard fired enameled, a process that shows quality. Making a ring like this would take me no more than a week of labour. I have posted these before on another topic, but take a look at my hard fired enamelled 18ct gold flowers, not jewelery but life size flowers in vases. Does adding the title Dior make items high quality? also watching the video, why keep showing shots of Paris, is this perhaps to suggest that the item is made in France but may not have been, something I do not know of course.
James
Last edited by Goldsmith; 13-03-2011 at 08:12 AM.
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It's interesting to hear the strong views provoked by this video.
Personally, I don't like the piece. I think the paint makes it look tacky and garish. However, I think a small touch of this colour, used on fashion jewellery, could be attractive if tastefully applied.
My interest is mainly in the durability of the finish. Whenever I make something, I think about how much wear the finish will receive, how easy will it be to clean, etc.
Will this paint be durable? It's going to receive lots of wear, on the outside of a ring. If it's not going to last, how can the makers justify finishing a high-value jewellery item in this way?
Best regards,
Nina
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