What do Madonna, Sir Elton John and Delcam's ArtCAM have in common?
Stephen Webster Ltd founded by one of Britain's leading luxury jewellery designers, Stephen Webster, is internationally renowned for its chic and dramatic glam-rock jewellery. As such it comes as no surprise that its pieces have been worn by celebrities such as Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Kate Moss, Sir Elton John, Rihanna and Kate Beckinsale to name but a few...
Helping To Re-Create The Cheapside Hoard
The Museum of London in partnership with the Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre (JIIC) and the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD), which is part of Birmingham City University (BCU), is using state-of-the-art technology to investigate the Cheapside Hoard, the greatest hoard of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery in the world, to find out what methods could have been used to create these pieces. Selected items from the Cheapside Hoard are currently on display at the Museum of London...
ArtCAM Helps Aitkens Pewter Build Wide Array of 3D Products
Aitkens Pewter started in 1972 when Martin Aitken, then 17, apprenticed with a well-known pewtersmith Dr. Ivan Crowell and set up his own shop in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. In the early years, the company concentrated on making 2D products using the traditional method of exposing an ultraviolet-sensitive polymer to create the pattern. Around the turn of the century, the company decided to expand into 3D and selected Delcam's ArtCAM software as its primary tool to design patterns and provide CNC programs for pattern building...
Howard Bros discuss the transferral of traditional engraving skills
Over the past 60 years, internationally recognised and well reputed engravers, Howard Bros Engraving Ltd have taken the old engravers art and transferred this into the digital age to create their highly detailed work. Based in the heart of Birmingham's jewellery quarter, Howard Bros create an array of items for their customers from Harris brush ferrules, jewellery, minting dies, spark erosional electrodes to foil and embossing dies...
Selini Discuss Their Choice Of Jewellery CADCAM Software Solutions
Selini (www.selini.co.uk) is a custom jewellery workshop that specialises in high-end one off pieces of jewellery from simple shaped wedding bands to highly complex diamond pieces. With the bulk of its work coming from recommendations the company has built up a highly varied and international customer base...
The Flash of Creation
Since 1972 Niagara Falls Castings (UK) Ltd has been dedicated to supplying the jewellery and silverware trades with the finest castings in precious metals and was one of the first UK jewellery casters to be awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate. With their strong commitment to producing high quality castings they not only design and make their own alloys in-house but also use Delcam's CADCAM software, ArtCAM JewelSmith to create their wax models...
The Monnaie de Paris moves towards digitalisation
The Monnaie de Paris, a place known to few Parisians, is where collectible coins made of precious metals are produced (the current metallic coins for daily use being coined at its premises in Pessac-en-Gironde), but also medals, official seals, punches of guaranteed metal content, casino chips and art objects. It is a place where century old wooden tools are used together with modern technologies such as laser machining and CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/ Computer Aided Manufacturing), and notably the use of the ArtCAM software by Delcam...
TCJ Designs Becomes A Rising Star
TCJ Designs, an independent high street jeweller, set in the heart of historic York, England, has been designing and creating jewellery since 1987. Last year, James Powell a designer from TCJ designs was awarded a 'Celebration of Life' jewellery design award from the Tanzanite Foundation...
JSP Kulta leads the way in Finnish Jewellery Design With ArtCAM JewelSmith
When we think back to our school days we can all remember the exciting teachers and the subjects they taught, and those lessons we found boring or didn't like. Had Niko Pennanen from the jewellers, JSP Kulta Oy in Finland not only been shown generic CAD (Computer-Aided Design) principals at school but how it could be applied to jewellery design he may have taken interest in the subject much earlier on....
Ametrine Elegance Takes 1st Place
Randy Erickson from Richardson Jewelers started using Artcam 4 years ago. After 2 days on the ArtCAM training program he was able to make simple rings and pendants immediately after going home. Randy recalls the first year that Richardson Jewelers had the program, "our custom jewellery increased 100%. Each year, we have followed the same trend to an increase of 700 to 800% as of right now, in our 4th year." Richardson Jewelers distinguish themselves in the marketplace by offering a unique design service "if we don't have what you want, we will design it WITH you." With no prior CAD experience Randy was amazed to see how easy the program was to use...