LOST WAX CASTING

Every piece of jewelry created with this ancient technique is a unique and magical piece of art that holds within itself the history of humankind.


The oldest known examples of this technique are dated approximately 6,500-year-old (4550–4450 BC) and attributed to gold artefacts found at Bulgaria's Varna Necropolis.

Other examples come from the Bronze Age civilisation (3300 BC) in the northwestern regions of South Asia and from Mesopotamia (3100 BC).

Ancient Greeks and Romans loved the lost wax casting technique which spread in Europe until the 18th century, when a piece-moulding process came to predominate.

Beginning with a model sculpted in wax, artisans encase it in a ceramic shell, creating a mold. Heat obliterates the wax, leaving behind a cavity perfectly shaped for molten metal. Once poured and cooled, the shell shatters, revealing a metal replica of the original wax sculpture.

From antiquity to modernity, this method continues to transform pieces of eternity into pieces of jewelry.