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3 results for “Lost-wax casting” in Craft
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…as granulation and repoussé remain hand skills with no full machine equivalent. · CAD and casting have displaced volume production, not the top of the trade. · What does 18k gold mean? Eighteen parts gold in twenty-four by mass — 75 per cent gold, marked 750. The remaining quarte…
Yusuf Demir · 11 min read
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
A hallmark is one of the oldest consumer protection technologies in continuous use. It is also, on close inspection, a small masterpiece of institutional design — and it is being quietly eroded. · A h…
Yusuf Demir · 12 min read
Craft · 3 August 2026
The Wedding-Season Bid: How Jewellery Demand Sets the Floor
Half the world's gold is worn, not stored. In India and China that distinction barely exists — and the buying behaviour it produces is the most reliably contrarian force in the entire market. · Jewell…
Yusuf Demir · 16 min read
