How it's made
Inside a jewellery workshop: cutting, finishing, plating, checking and packing.
- 5Guides in How it's made
- 37In the library
- Finishing by handFiles, emery, steel shot and a little red powder: how a rough piece of metal becomes something you want to wear.
- Laser cutting a nameA beam narrower than a pencil line, a jet of gas and a name drawn in joined-up letters: how laser cutting works.
- Packing an orderThe world's most famous blue diamond went through the post. Here is how jewellery is packed to travel safely.
- Plating, explainedA bath, a battery and a layer thinner than a hair: how jewellery is plated, and how long plating lasts.
- Quality checksA loupe, a pair of callipers and an X-ray beam: how jewellery is checked, and who checks the checkers.
- All 37 guidesEight topics, from sizing to how a piece is made