Medal on chain vermeil - Castor & Pollux
Medals size: 10 mm - Adjustable length: 39 cm - 41,5 cm
Vermeil - Gold
Weight: 1,7 g
The Castor & Pollux necklace is made from sterling silver plate, cut, hammered, shaped. Then is applied a 5 microns layer of gold, using a technique called galvanoplasty (or electrolysis).
As early as the Greek and the Roman Antiquity, objects and jewellery in plated silver can be found, preceding the creation of vermeil. Homer’s The Odyssey mentions techniques of folding and hammering.
With time, silver and gold tend to merge, silver’s paler glints blending with the warmer shine of gold.
Medals size: 10 mm - Adjustable length: 39 cm - 41,5 cm
Vermeil - Gold
Weight: 1,7 g
The Castor & Pollux necklace is made from sterling silver plate, cut, hammered, shaped. Then is applied a 5 microns layer of gold, using a technique called galvanoplasty (or electrolysis).
As early as the Greek and the Roman Antiquity, objects and jewellery in plated silver can be found, preceding the creation of vermeil. Homer’s The Odyssey mentions techniques of folding and hammering.
With time, silver and gold tend to merge, silver’s paler glints blending with the warmer shine of gold.
Medals size: 10 mm - Adjustable length: 39 cm - 41,5 cm
Vermeil - Gold
Weight: 1,7 g
The Castor & Pollux necklace is made from sterling silver plate, cut, hammered, shaped. Then is applied a 5 microns layer of gold, using a technique called galvanoplasty (or electrolysis).
As early as the Greek and the Roman Antiquity, objects and jewellery in plated silver can be found, preceding the creation of vermeil. Homer’s The Odyssey mentions techniques of folding and hammering.
With time, silver and gold tend to merge, silver’s paler glints blending with the warmer shine of gold.
Fabrication & Materials Collections
Castor & Pollux
Sparkling or consistent, pale or dazzling : just like the stars, brightness is never the same.
The twins lending their name to the Gemini constellation, Castor with a white glow and Pollux with a yellow-orange hue are two of the brightest stars in the sky.