Our Processes
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Molds
Each piece has a unique rubber mold which is hand made and taken from the original pieces or designs.
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Wax injection
Once the mold has been selected it is injected with hot wax and examined by the artisan.
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Wax polish
The artisan later manually adds and removes wax from the piece to achieve fidelity to the original design.
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Wax tree
Prior to casting all wax pieces are placed on a wax tree.
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Plaster covering
Each wax tree is introduced into a cylinder which is later cover in plaster, after it has built a solid mold it is heated causing the wax to melt and drain out of the cylinder support, thus the "lost-wax" name.
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Casting
The melted Brass is poured-in to penetrate every part of the cavity and it is spun on a centrifuge in order to make sure the metal covers all space.
Plaster cleaning
After casting, the cooled metal piece is broken from the plaster mold and cleaned to be polished.
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Vibrators polishing
The pieces are placed inside a polishing vibrator in a process of smoothing out their surface.
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Polishing
The pieces are polished to remove all imperfections and give smooth finishes to the piece.
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Soldering
The pieces are soldered to add different systems and given their finished touch of craftsmanship.
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Gold plating
A 24k gold plating is given to each piece under the Cano mastered techniques giving each a gold-matte finish to replicate the intense gold color of the original piece.
Washing
The final pieces are washed and dried for a final stage of assembly and packaging to be sent to retail stores.
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