I need a list of manufacturing jewelers in the Far East. (ie. China,
Hong Kong, Thailand,and/or Sri Lanka, etc.) These would be
individuals or firms who could create standard jewelry pieces. These
resources would need to be versed in both lost wax casting and
construction techniques and be able to cast to specification jewelry
pieces that would hold standard size, cut gemstones. These resources
would also be able to create jewelry chains by wire wrapping. This is
a fairly labor intensive process and would involve using a fairly
small guage 14KT or 18KT gold wire and creating a "chain link" by
taking a piece of wire, making a small(2mm)loop of the wire, then
threading a 2mm gemstone bead onto the wire, and then twisting the
wire into another "loop" thereby creating one "link. These links would
then be fastened together into a chain of a specified length. That is
a fairly wordy description of the type of resources I would need, but
would give the researcher a sense of what is needed. Some of the
terms to use would be "industrial jewelers, manufacturing jewelers,
etc." I can can be contacted by email for further clarification |