Plating
How Much Does it Cost to Rhodium Plate my Ring?
Hopefully you were informed when you bought that gorgeous white gold ring that it won’t always look as white or as bright as the day you bought it. Your shiny white, brand new ring, is looking that sharp, because its final step of creation was to rhodium plate it. In my blog post, Rhodium Plating;…
Rhodium Plating; Like Coloring Your Hair, Only for Jewelry!
Rhodium plating is a bit like visiting your favorite hair salon. Getting bored? Add Purple. In the same way you can lay purple over brunette, rhodium plating can cover faded looking white gold and dramatically transform the look of your jewelry.
Black Gold — Fact vs. Fiction
Clients frequently ask me if I can design jewelry for them made in black gold. When I try to explain that black gold jewelry just isn’t a thing, they often send me advertisements from websites that offer it. When a jewelry company advertises “black gold,” this should raise a red flag.
How to Care for Your Gold Plated Jewelry
Platinum, silver, and both 14k and 18k gold are not indestructible. Plated jewelry finishes are even more fragile because of the tiny layer of gold over the base metal. In my thirty six years as a Santa Barbara Jeweler I’ve found that all jewelry is vulnerable to the hard knocks of the physical universe. Rings…
Using Oxidation, Black Rhodium and Black Enamel for Black Jewelry
How Would you Like to Add Intrigue and Depth to a Piece of Your Jewelry? If you’d like a little walk on the wild side with your jewelry, you might like to think about adding the Kiss of Night, (a touch of black), to your precious treasures. Great Jewelers are always experimenting with new…
Black Rhodium Plating, Adding that "Pop" to your Jewelry!
Rhodium is a very rare, naturally occurring member of the platinum group of metals – making it a very deluxe metal! Rhodium is actually one of the most expensive of the precious metals. The price of rhodium can fluctuate, but generally an ounce of rhodium can go for roughly $2,500 dollars! It’s extremely tough,…