A lot of people think that this profession(jewellery, nda) is a profession with people who are full of finesse. It’s not wrong, but in fact most of the time, we file, we saw, we cut, we hit the metal with a mallet, we grumble a lot. In short, it’s more like a jewellery shop. And then the system D, it is the very essence of this work. We make our own tools, we improve the existing ones and we adapt them to our hand.
E., jeweller, almost 30 years in the trade
A cheeky diamond
This anecdote - which ends well - was told to me by a friend. She agreed to let me publish it here. And I thank her for it because, as you will see, this story is really incredible! The story takes place a good ten years ago now. I...