The Seawear line is hand made in the USA using the lost wax casting method. We are not sending it out to Mexico, India or Asia. There is no child labor involved. No forced labor. No prison labor. No POW labor. Customs from any country can ask for further verification or stop by.
First a wax is made (shooting a wax) of the item needed. In this example, it was a sand dollar.
After many of the waxes are made, they are assembled onto a 'tree' and you can see why it is called that! In this example, the tree is actually upside down as the melted (molten) silver or gold is poured from the bottom and flows down the tree to all the branches and then to the models. This was a twelve ounce pour to get 30-40 pieces.
After the cast, this is what you are left with. Some work, some are scrapped due to defects. Many people are surprised by how 'rough' they look as they are not recognizable as precious metal jewelry! This was a cast of Argentium sterling silver.
This is a close up of one of the shark teeth as it is 'clipped' off the tree trunk. It will take hours and hours of polishing, finishing, sanding, detailing, buffing, waxing and heat treating to be ready for sale.
Remember the first wax model at the top of the page? This is after sand blasting, hand polishing the edges and star, fabricating prongs for a 1/3ct diamond and setting it. 18kt yellow gold
And, finally completed with a complimentary 18kt chain to match and ready for a 25th Anniversary gift!
More details of the Argentium silver
