Goldsmith

Goldsmiths are masters of metal work who apply their savoir-faire to tableware and interior design. They create pieces from silver, solid gold, or silver-plated metal, using two techniques. Cold metal working allows them to rework a melted object and to practice brazing (using a soldering iron to add metal), hammering, and shaping. Hot metal working, on the other hand, involves a technique called cire perdue (lost wax) – this complex process allows goldsmiths to obtain an impeccable finish that reproduces the original model as closely as possible. The initial model is set in a mould before wax is injected, which reflects the finest details of the model’s imprint.

The new wax model is then inserted into a plaster mould, which is placed in a heat chamber. The wax melts away and is replaced with molten metal.