Creation Process

Following are the 13 steps that each piece of jewelry must go through and an explanation of the process Once the Wax is approved individual pieces of jewelry are cast in groups, or batches in order to streamline the production process. Not every job goes through every step below, (i.e. not every piece of jewelry is inlayed) but the chart below will give you an idea of what steps each piece of jewelry goes through.

	Production Steps	Description of Process
1	Stone Approval/Search	Reviewing & choosing a gem
	Stone Approval by Mail	Gemstone is mailed to Clint for approval
2	Design	Penny works her magic creating wax designs
3	Wax Appointment	Wax appointment at Studio
	Wax Appointment by Mail	Wax mailed to Client for Approval
4	Casting Preparation	Final stone fitting and adjustments to wax
5	Investing, Burnout, and Casting	The waxes are places into a plaster of paris type material, which is allowed to harden. This "investment" is places in a industrial furnace for 12-16 hours which burns out the wax designs and leaves hollow voids in the investment. Following this "burnout" the hollows voids are filled with molten gold.
6	Rough Out and Pre-polishing	removal of surface "skin" on cast pieces in preparation for primary polishing.
7	Polishing
8	Melee Diamond Setting	Small, diamonds in channels are set
9	Inlaying
10	Setting Major Gemstone/Diamond
11	Lapping	A highly specialized type of polishing that places the mirror finishes on our jewelry
12	Final polishing	A light overall buff and touchup.
13	Ultrasonic & High Pressure Steam Cleaning

Penoir Contemporary Jewelry is pleased to its Clients the following Jewelry Creation Process description page.