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Solid Silver Seashell Study
Folks,
I'm doing an informal market study of the silver seashell market. In so doing, I went to every jewelry store and department store in my area and asked to see anything like a seashell in silver. I also googled extensively. I only turned up a few examples which were not so good -- charms mostly. Some were actual shells "dipped" in metal (paint I suppose) and others were real shells that were overlaid with foil. Only a few were solid cast sterling and they were more whimsical than biological. I'm looking for solid silver cast shells that are so well done you can identify the species that served as the model. Highly detailed. Who does that? Thanks, PW |
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Solid Silver Seashell Study
"Paul WIlson" wrote in message ... Folks, I'm doing an informal market study of the silver seashell market. [Are you planning to go into the silver seashell business?] In so doing, I went to every jewelry store and department store in my area and asked to see anything like a seashell in silver. I also googled extensively. I only turned up a few examples which were not so good -- charms mostly. Some were actual shells "dipped" in metal (paint I suppose) and others were real shells that were overlaid with foil. [The "dip" process is more likely to be electroforming/plating than a paint. There was a lot of this sort of thing coming out of Hawaii a few years back (leaves were more popular than shells, though.) Nonconductive organic objects are coated with conductive lacquer, and then a fairly thick copper coating is built up using the electroforming technique. They are next plated with nickel, then with a very thin layer of gold. I've never seen the foil-covered shells you mention, but I suppose that's possible too.] Only a few were solid cast sterling and they were more whimsical than biological. I'm looking for solid silver cast shells that are so well done you can identify the species that served as the model. Highly detailed. Who does that? Thanks, PW [I've done that; it's not too hard. One starts by making a rubber mold of the shell, then one casts wax shells from the mold, and then the wax shell is cast in silver (with a loop for hanging) by the traditional lost-wax method, devested, finished, and cleaned. I'd make you some if you came up with a big enough order to make it worth my while. What do you want - bivalves, gastropods, limpets? How big? Loose or on chains?] Andrew Werby www.unitedartworks.com (he sells silver seashells by the seashore...) |
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