Les Creations goldsmith workshop in Rome: dream jewelry!

Our main responsibility is to create jewels, manufactured according to your desires.

For this reason, we think that one fundamental step is the start of the entire creation process. We study your ideas, your designs or, simply, your descriptions and, together, we translate them in an actual project, we choose adequate materials and we define the design. Continuous dialogue and exchange of ideas with the client is essential for us, because we want our jewels to be Your jewels.
All this is followed by the manufacture phase, rigorously hand-crafted, during which we process all of the jewel’s pieces and we shape them together in the chosen form. It is then possible to enrich the finished jewel by studying a proper packaging.
Beyond customized and custom-made jewels, in our boutique you will always find different lines of prêt-à-porter hand-crafted jewels, suitable for daily use as well as for special occasions.

Materials

All our creations start with the choice of the best materials.

We use silver, gold, platinum and all precious alloys, while for updates, repairs, or to join different components, we exclusively use alloys made from just one metal to be welded, joined to one or more other elements, so that the melting point is lowered. This way we keep the structure and preciousness of the jewel unchanged, enhancing its resistance to time.

We use precious gems, pearls, corals and semiprecious stones, such as diamonds, Gods’ tears for the ancients, or green emeralds, already inestimable for the Egyptian Pharaos. But also the best quality of Thailand’s rubies, bright sapphires and solemn topaz, aquamarine, opals, lapis lazuli and every other precious stone, provided that it is certified and with the highest features of brightness, purity and quality.

Production

Once the material is chosen the workmanship process goes on with a strictly handicraft work.

Metals are fused in a crucible, then, once the liquid-state is reached, they are dripped in a ingot mould, filtered and cleaned out from waste. The ingot thus realized is processed as to obtain the needed components for the projected jewel.

Every single piece is further refined and grinded with more and more fine-grained abrasive papers as to obtain a smooth and shining surface.

So far, thanks to a welding called “brasatura dolce” (soft braising), pieces are shaped together, finished with brushes and abrasive pastes and dipped in a ultrasound basin to smooth and polish all surfaces.

The resulting product finally goes through a galvanic process called “rodiatura” with the aim of improving its brightness and resistance to oxidation. Finally, if needed, precious stones are mounted on the jewel. These operations are all handmade, with burins to carve the metal, stone driller to pierce and mallet to fix the stones.

After the entire procedure the jewel will be finished, ready to be worn or given as a gift, in a custom-made package.

This is how we create our jewels.

We know it is a long and hand-working process, but this is the only way to create a unique and special jewel.