Platinum Guru

Bench jewelers who have the skill to fabricate jewellery will have no trouble applying that skill to working with platinum. Platinum is a pleasure to behold, but can be very unforgiving, if one does not take the time to learn its properties.

Platinum is the most precious of all precious metals because of its high purity, rarity and other characteristics. Inert to most acids and oxides, and hypoallergenic, it is the ideal metal for jewellery. Platinum is here to stay and it is a very good decision to join the platinum wave. Remember, platinum is not difficult – it is different.

  ~Jurgen

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Technical education is the key successfully manufacturing platinum jewellery. Platinum is often regarded as a difficult metal to work with, however once you understand the capabilities as well as the limitations of this metal you will find working with it a pleasure.

Platinum is not more difficult to work with than any other precious metal, but it is very different.  This difference created a need for education on all levels, from designer to end-user. The Platinum Guild International (PGI), with six offices worldwide, is educating as many jewellers and consumers as possible about platinum. Through sales training and technical training as well as articles in trade publications, the word is spreading: platinum is here to stay, let’s join the platinum wave.

It is possible to make things out of platinum that would be impossible to even attempt in anything else. What you need is an understanding of platinum’s metal properties, its malleability and ductility and behaviour when heat is applied. Add to this your skill as a craftsman and you should have no problems at all.

  ~Jurgen

Learn more about working on Platinum Jewelry
at the Bench Jewelers Conference
April 23 – 25  ~  St. Louis, MO