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3 results for “granulation technique” in Craft
Craft · 5 June 2026
The Alchemy of Craft: What Goldsmiths Know That Machines Don't
…and colour. · Karat is a fraction out of 24 — 18k is 75 per cent gold by mass. · Ancient techniques such 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…
Yusuf Demir · 11 min read
Craft · 22 July 2026
Hallmarks and Assay: How Anyone Proves Gold Is Gold
…ructive, slow and skilled, and it remains the reference method against which instrumental techniques are calibrated, because it measures the whole sample rather than inferring composition from a surface response. · Does no hallmark mean the piece is fake? Not necessarily. Compuls…
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
