When making custom design jewelry the first step is to sketch your design on paper. This way you can make sure you like how it looks. The next step is the designer will make a wax model of your custom diamond jewelry piece. Depending on what type it is, it would be done in tubes for rings and pendants are flat sheets or square blocks to carve. The designers have special little saws and knives and other carving tools for carving the design.
They will take measurements and scratch the design in the wax first. Then they add the wax wires, which hook onto a rubber base. They then use calculations to see how much metal is to be used in the final mold. Next, they attach the wax model to the rubber base and the outside flask is connected to the base. The next step is to mix the investment and pour it into the mold. This is a liquid type mixture so it goes into every nook and cranny of the design. After it hardens in several hours, the outside flask is removed and the remaining part is put into the oven for the burnout. This will take six to eight hours at 1350 degrees. After it is complete, it is left in for two to three hours then taken out. Now the metal will be poured in where the wax once was. The metal is cooled and hardened. They then remove it to cut off any spurs remaining, file, and polish it. If it is to be antiqued or textured, it is done at this time.
The final product is then set to add the diamonds or other stones you choose to have added. The pricing for these custom designs vary with the amount of work done to it. For example the championship rings start at $1200. The price depends on the current market for the price of the metals.
You can go to several internet sites that have online tools to design your own unique piece of custom diamond jewelry. That way you can see it and decide if that is what you actually want before spending all that money with a designer. You can change things and add things right in the comfort of your own home. There you can choose the stone from hundreds of different styles, to the settings, and whatever color you want in the metal. You can play around and when you are done it will give you an idea on the price. That will not be the actual price but close to it. You will get an actual quote from the jewelry designer that does it. Try it and have fun creating your own custom diamond jewelry.
