Justin Richardson Launches New Range Of Wedding Bands
New to Canterbury's Justin Richardson this season is guest designer maker Joachim.
Justin Richardson, who produce bespoke fine jewellery, handmade by their experienced team of goldsmiths at their base in Canterbury, have welcomed some stunning new wedding bands to their collection by guest designer maker Joachim.
Using Sterling Silver, or 14ct yellow, rose or white gold as the solid base for these modern wedding bands, he crafts with incredible precision with contemporary methods which are rooted in a long family tradition of goldsmithing.
Combining these precious metals with Damascus steel, these bands can be made to order – any width and any ratio of metal to Damascus is achievable and you can even have a few sparkly diamonds set within the band.
Joachim said: “New ideas are waiting around every corner, in everyday life. We unfortunately often lose sight of all the large and small works of art on our way. Working as goldsmiths always gives us the opportunity to highlight these works of art and thus put them in a new light. The whole world in the smallest of spaces. And to have no other purpose than simply to be beautiful.”
Damascus steel had been a lost technology from the early 1700s up until World War II. This method of folding and forging metals again has gained popularity since the mid 1970s. From what we know, the original Damascus steel swords may have been made near Damascus, Syria, in the period from 900 AD to as late as 1750 AD but quickly gained its reputation during the Crusades.
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Traditional Damascus steel, also known as Pattern Weld, Damascene, or Damast, was first produced over 2,000 years ago. It has lived in legend and is referred to as the steel of the ancients.
Damascus steel is the forged steel of the blades of swords smithed in the Near East from ingots of carbon steel imported from Southern India or made in production centres in Sri Lanka or Khorasan, Iran. These swords are characterised by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water, sometimes in a "ladder" or "rose" pattern. Such blades were reputed to be tough, resistant to shattering, and capable of being honed to a sharp, resilient edge.
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