How a pendant gets made in four days

Four days is not a marketing number. It is what a simple pendant takes when nothing goes wrong.

Day one: wax and casting

The master is carved in wax or printed in resin, then cast in recycled silver. Casting day is Tuesday, when the kiln is already hot for other orders.

Day two: filing

The casting comes out with a sprue and a rough surface. Two hours of filing and emery paper, then a brass brush. This is the part that separates a €40 piece from a €150 one.

Day three: setting

Stones go in with a pusher, not glue. A pearl is drilled and pinned; a sapphire is set in a bezel so nothing catches. If the stone is fragile, we talk about it before taking the commission.

Day four: finishing and photographing

Polish, hallmark, photograph, wrap. Every piece is photographed before it ships so a repair can be matched later.

Where it goes wrong

Porous castings, stones with hidden fractures, and customers who want a 1.2 mm band in a size 62. We would rather say no than remake it twice.