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Philippe Tournaire Master Craftsmen of Jewellery presents:
The creation of a piece of jewellery in the Tournaire workshops (Montbrison, France)
Part 1: design and preparation of waxes Part 2: Smelting Part 3: Preparation and polishing Part 4: Selecting the stones Part 5: Setting Part 6: Finishing
One of the final stages in the overall job consists of attaching the precious stone to the item of jewellery. This is a difficult and very meticulous task which is called setting.
There are various different types of setting: closed setting, grain setting, rail setting and claw setting.
For the San Lillo ring, we use the closed setting technique.
The top of the ring piece has small areas cut out
in which the diamonds are seated.
The metal surrounding this is then folded over using a micro-gavel tool which works in a similar manner to a pneumatic drill.
The area surrounding the stones are then cut into triangles and sculpted.
The same method is used for amethyst. The stone is set into the ring which has been pre-cut, the micro-gavel tool is then used to fold in the edges and ensure the stone is retained.
The entire ring is then filed and polished. Each gesture must be undertaken with care and precision so as to avoid causing damage to the stone.
Setting a ring can take anywhere from several hours to several days depending on the number of stones to be set and the way these are arranged on the item of jewellery.