Where is the jewelry made?
All jewelry by Lien Hereijgers is handmade and produced locally. The composite jewels are made by hand in our own studio in Deurne, near Antwerp. The jewelry is also sanded and polished in the studio.
What is a composite?
A composite is always made up of two or more constituent materials. The composite jewelry by Lien Hereijgers is made from miniscule parts of granite or quartz grains that are combined with synthetic resin in a unique process. The result looks very similar to natural stones like marble but because the composite is synthetic, [...]
What does a layer of plated rose gold or yellow gold mean?
The composite jewelry in brass is always rhodium-plated and/or covered with a layer of plated rose gold or yellow gold of three or five microns thick. To give brass a gold or silver appearance, it is always covered with a layer.
Is brass as strong as silver?
Certainly. Brass is even harder than silver. When the plated layer wears off you even have less difference in color.
Some jewels are made in rhodinized brass. What does that mean?
The core of some of the jewelry by Lien Hereijgers is made of brass, a yellow copper. The brass is always covered with a layer of rhodium, which is a silver-colored metal. The process is similar to gilding/plating, but instead of rose gold or gold, we use rhodium. Rhodination is a technique that has [...]