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925CRAFT, as a manufacturer of silver and gold jewelry findings, offers elements in a variety of styles in the form of laser-cut jewelry and 3D models. The rich assortment contains over 10,000 components, which include basic, connecting and decorative products, which are dedicated to the creation of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, cufflinks and other accessories decorating the body. The widest category are jewelry findings made of the highest quality nickel-free 925 silver, but the offer also includes jewelry semi-products made of 585 and 333 gold, as well as the GAVBARI stones for jewelry making collection, which is dominated by gems, semi precious stones, pearls and crystals.
Jewelry services
In addition to the production of silver blanks, the company also offers other jewelry services that expand the creative possibilities for jewelry makers. These include the implementation of individual projects, such as laser cutting and laser marking jewelry, electroplating jewelry– which is coating silver with a gold, rhodium or platinum layer for visual or protective purposes, testing the thickness of the galvanic coating, jewelry oxidation, as well as jewelry soldering. Due to the popularity of jewelry personalization in recent years, we have created an easy-to-use creator available on our website, in which the client can create jewelry according to his own idea. Another service we offer, is making advertising jewelry, because lots of customers from the jewelry industry, and also completely unrelated to it, are interested in it. Regardless of whether the idea is a classic or a more avant-garde form, in both cases it is a unique form of company booster, which often surprises positively and works great as promotional gifts for customers. Finally, our offer also includes foundry services, which include jewelry design, printing 3d models, creating prototypes, casting silver, as well as polishing jewelry. The company also has its own innovative foundry, as well as a modern machinery park, which guarantees full quality control over all processes at every jewelry production stage.
To meet the more and more eccentric and demanding ideas of world-famous jewelry designers and constantly emerging new jewelry trends, we continuously diversify the selection of products in our offer. Silver findings are made using a few basic techniques.
One of them is laser cutting of metal sheets, thanks to which we obtain flat, plain or decorated components. An example of the first ones are round jewelry blanks for engraving, while more decorative elements with more details are presented by a rosette pendant, unicorn earrings or a name pendant.
Jewellery supplies can also be made of silver wires. By bending them properly, as well as melting or soldering, you can make earwires, pins, jumprings and slip-on bracelets.
Another method is silver embossing, which results in stones and resin blanks. These types of settings for stones are often used to create earrings, pendants, bails, rings, bracelets, necklaces, cufflinks, and jewelry sets.
However, the technique that offers the most possibilities is the lost wax casting of silver. It allows for the production of jewelry components with complex shapes and patterns, which is why it is very often used to create more intricate motifs, inspired by flora, fauna, astronomy, architecture, geometry, chemistry, art and objects that surround us on a daily basis, such as: coin pendant, dumbbell, microphone, musical note or a teddy bear pendant. Our many years of experience result in the extreme precision of the created forms, which allow us to accurately reproduce the details of the elements. What’s more, during the production of silver casting, we perform quality control at every creative stage to satisfy even the most demanding customers. In the final stage, the end look is given by hand polishing, which leads to a flawless smoothness and aesthetic finish, and thus – increasing the quality and value of the jewelry created. This process requires outstanding skills and a great deal of experience.
Stages of production silver casts with the lost wax method:
Silver casts
Jewelry findings made by lost wax casting technique are widely used in the creation of any type of jewelry. Some elements can be treated as finished products or as parts of the entire collection. An example are butterfly earrings, which require just adding earring backs to make the product ready for sale. Going further, if you add a butterfly pendant to them and connect it with a chain, or a butterfly connector with a bracelet base, you will create a beautiful jewelry set consisting of earrings, necklace and bracelet, perfect for lovers of these cute insects. Another example of ready-made jewelry is a wing ring, as well as universal leverback earring findings. However, in addition to ready-made models, below we present a wide selection of 3D high quality jewelry making supplies that can be used in many creative ways, making original and unique jewelry according to your own ideas.
Earring settings
Ring blanks
In recent seasons, the jewelry market has been dominated by flashy, colorful and eye-catching jewelry. In addition to decorating the ears, neckline and wrists, hand decorations in the form of massive rings with stones, sets adorning several fingers, or stackable rings set worn on the same finger are also in the lead. Our range of silver castings includes solid models of blanks for stones, crystals, pearls and resin, signet rings with engraving, rings with pendants, as well as models inspired by nature and popular symbols, such as a leaf ring, a heart ring or an infinity ring. Many of them are universal designs, based on an open rail, thanks to which they can be easily adjusted to the size of the finger. These types of silver jewelry blanks will be perfect for creating ring sets decorating a few or the same finger, which allow you to easily and quickly create compositions depending on the style.
Jewelry spacers
Another essential components are jewelry spacers and beads. Depending on their form, they perform not only decorative but also separating functions. Bead type spacers are most often used as separators in a stone or pearl bracelet. In this case, one or more can be used, in a configuration depending on the designer’s vision. The variety of them also allows them to be used as a decoration in itself, for example by mounting it solo on a string bracelet or a chain for a necklace. These types of jewelry supplies often take the form of smooth or decorated tubes, popular shapes such as a heart, star pendant or cube, as well as more creative ones, such as shells, skulls or silver charms with crystals. An interesting proposition are also charms for bracelets in the form of a tube with a link, which will be great for creating charm bracelets, but can also act as necklaces pendants.
3D pendants
3D pendants are one of the most extensive categories in our store. The offer includes minimalist, smooth and small, but also richly decorated, openwork, origami, with lots of details, massive, dedicated to stones, pearls and resin, in the form of a pendant or a connector. An example of a delicate pendant without decorations is the moon charm, which can act as a pendant, as well as bracelet spacers. The openwork form is presented by the fatima hand pendant, and the spatial form of the swan is an example of the origami style. The angel charms are a perfect example of classic pendants, and the cross pendant – of beautifully polished connector with lots of details. A popular choice is also the infinity sign with the GAVBARI crystal, or the same component, but for self-pasting the stone. The variety of charms in our offer allows you to create beautiful jewelry for women, but remember that men also love decorating their body, so below we present men’s pendants, from which you can create jewelry for men. Below you will also find pendants for children.
Animal pendants
Animal pendants are a very popular motif in jewelry. They find a wide group of fans among lovers of the selected genre, and are also commonly chosen as children’s jewelry. As living creatures, animals have characters and many individual details, that is why it is so difficult to reproduce their appearance and nature. However, many years of our experience in the industry as well as modern techniques and devices used during silver casting make us able to perfectly recreate their look. Most of the jewelry items take the real shape of an animal. An example here are the bee charms, which will be a perfect gift for lovers of this wise and hardworking insect. Some of them have a simple style that is perfect to wear every day, and some take on a more elegant form, such as a snake pendant, which, when combined with a stone and a chain, becomes stylish jewelry for a special occasion. What’s more, our experienced designers use their talent and artistic sensitivity to make the pendant’s design even more attractive in some cases. For example, some models are inspired by a fairy-tale style, such as a unicorn pendant, which is why they are a great proposition as jewelry for children. To create children’s jewelry, we also recommend such styles as a dolphin charm, a teddy bear pendant or a pony pendant, thanks to which you will create a charming necklace for a girl. These or other pendants, such as a boy pendant or a thor’s hammer pendant, are also perfect for creating jewelry for a boy.
Make your own jewelry
As a jewellery findings manufacturer with over 35 years of experience, in addition to implementing our own projects, we also offer the possibility of individual creation of 2D and 3D jewelry design according to the ideas of our customers. Learn more about 2D jewelry design here: CNC Jewelry Services. Thanks to these services, components gain uniqueness and personal character, created on the basis of the vision of the jewelry maker.
The scheme for implementing a design of your own jewelry is extremely simple. All you need to do is send us a drawing, photo or description of the idea along with the dimensions, and our designers, according to the materials received, will make preliminary sketches and then create a 3D model. After the customer approves the design, the model goes to print, and after accepting the spatial model, we proceed to make a product prototype, then wax models, which are finally sent to the foundry. Wax casting silver allows you to create custom jewelry with both simple and complex designs, and even consisting of many interconnected elements. In the final stage, we apply grinding and cleaning to give them the appropriate shape and smoothness. The final product is polished by hand and verified at every production stage, thanks to which the customer has a guarantee of high aesthetics and quality of the jewelry created.
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Designing 3d jewelry according to your own idea is a great opportunity to expand your collections with unusual jewellery and stand out on the market. Because we are a jewelry producer with many years of experience, the most modern software and innovative machines and devices, we are able to design and produce unique rings, pendants, earrings, bracelets and many other accessories to create extraordinary jewelry sets. Find out more about Foundry services.
How to design jewelry
Silver castings, due to their spatial form, offer many possibilities and look phenomenal in every type of accessories, from rings, through earrings, bracelets, necklaces, chokers or other jewelry pieces.
Above, we have presented individual 3D semi-finished products that can be used in various ways, according to the imagination of the jewelry maker. However, below we present a few concepts that may inspire you and help you start the adventure of making your own jewelry.
One of the most popular compositions are the iconic charm bracelets. In this case, the type of chain weave that will serve as the base is of great importance. At the beginning, we recommend a rolo chain or other weave consisting of larger links that will allow you to directly connect the 3D pendant with the chain links using jumprings or a lobster clasp.
Another proposition are popular bead pendants that can be used both to create custom bracelets and necklaces. For this purpose, we recommend a silver ball chain, snake chain or other, but with a diameter smaller than the hole of the pendants. In order to connect the elements together, it is enough to thread the chain through the hole, or in some cases, two holes of the pendant. Our offer includes a wide selection of both beads and bases for bracelets and necklaces with thin weaves.
Openwork pendants are very glamorous in themselves, so to create a charming custom necklace, it is enough to connect the selected silver pendant with one hole with a chain by the use of a jumpring or a bail. If you decide on a connector type pendant (with two or more holes), you just need to choose the appropriate chain necklace and connect it with each other with two jumprings, which are included with the silver chain.
The zodiac signs in jewelry have been so popular for years that it is worth creating entire collections of these everlasting motifs with a message and such rich symbolism. Our offer includes simple zodiac pendants and settings for crystals, thanks to which you can create personalized necklaces, perfect for a gift.
A spectacular and trendy decoration is a universal ring with a pearl and rivoli crystal, created using our silver ring setting in the form of a rail, which you can easily and quickly adjust to the size of your client’s finger. The gold-plated silver ring settings without stones will perfectly entwine the finger, the glued-in crystal will add beautiful shine, and the delicate pearl – a pinch of elegance.
As a manufacturer and wholesaler of jewelry findings, we offer a wide range of various products for jewellery making. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the offer of ready-made 3D components made by casting silver using the lost wax method. If you are interested in a jewelry design according to your own idea, please contact us to discuss it. In addition to the silver castings described in this article, in our store you will also find all silver items necessary for creating jewelry, such as: bases for earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, cufflinks and components such as pins, jumprings, ends, clasps, bails, tubes, elements for soldering, chains and wires by the meter. All our jewelry making supplies are made of hypoallergenic nickel-free sterling silver 925 with the possibility of galvanic jewelry plating: 24-carat gold, 18-carat light gold, 18-carat rose gold, as well as light rhodium and platinum.
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