Jewelry creation process
Want to know more about the jewelry creation process? To know everything about Ottamé backstage? What kind of plastic is used for the Ottamé Jewelries? What is the process to transform plastic waste into jewelry? Let’s dive into it!
What kind of plastic is it?
Plastic HDPE – for High Density PolyEthylene
or LDPE – for Low Density PolyEthylene
We melt the plastic to get shapes. With all the necessary security: mask, specific plastic, degres
Bottle caps – HDPE plastic
HDPE plastic = number 2
How we proceed to get plastic shapes?
Method 1: making sheets & using a CNC
Using a sheet press, to make plastic sheets.
And then a CNC to cut the shapes. After the CNC work, the sheets are ready to be melted and used again and again and again…
Melted plastic sheets
Melted plastic sheets
Melted plastic sheets
CNC shapes cutting
Shapes from plastic sheets
Shapes from plastic sheets
Shapes from plastic sheets
Method 2: using moulds
Using moulds to get shapes directly from the injector
Shapes from moulds
Pieces finishing and assembly
Handmade polishing, handmade finishing, preparation of the little pieces
Assembly, creativity
Using metal like brass, or gold plated chains, wires, etc. See details when buying the product.
Pieces finishing
Assembly
Et voilà
Conclusion
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