My New Year resolution for 2018 is to practice 3D CAD drawing even more so eventually I could move from making a piece of jewellery complete from scratch by hand to introducing 3D printing on some parts of my designs.
My project for next year is to make a new collet for my silicone rings, because I am not completely satisfied with a current one. There is always a lot of post production work, filling and polishing that needs to be done when I pick up my collets from casters, simply because my master was handmade and not perfect finish.
I would be able to achieve perfect disk shape and much sharper edges when 3D printing it and then casting into silver. I believe with a bit of investment will pay of as I will save so much time on production side and my final pieces will be in a very high end finish!
