Visiting the wire drawing workshop, this jewelry technique that creates twisted and braided effects on bracelets or hoops?
The proposal is rather unusual.
And yet, all you have to do is go to the franceimmersive.com site to enter (virtually) where the Saunier collections are produced, within the Altesse manufacture in Ardèche, and stroll through the stamping, diamond-coating and welding, polishing ...
You can follow the jerky movement of the knitters, these machines which assemble the stitches one by one to give birth to the long curb chains, or take a look in the electroplating room, where the models are soaked in baths of materials. brass pendants and rushes to be covered with 3 microns of gold (5 for the rings, which are subject to more friction).
Chain knitting step at the Altesse manufacture in Ardèche.
Saunier
Living heritage company
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It was a playful way of showing the different stages in the making of a piece of jewelry, especially today when the“ made in France ”
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