Gold jewellery has been produced by man since the early Bronze Age. Traditionally, it was made by skilled goldsmiths using craft skills and simple hand tools. Today, much jewellery is still made in traditional workshops around the world using manual metalworking skills using modern hand tools and limited use of machines. However, increasingly, it is being made by mass production methods using modern machines and equipment in jewellery factories, where the traditional manual craft skills are no longer necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of traditional workshop

In mass production, the major technologies in use are:
* Lost Wax (Investment) Casting
* Stamping
* Holloware
* Electroforming
* Chain Making
* Soldering
* Finishing
* The New Technologies
* Recycling Scrap and Refining (143 kb)