For the collection of works of students majoring in jewelry design, foreign top colleges and universities attach great importance to practical operation ability. Only with sufficient physical models can you show your design ability and skills.

However, traditional handicrafts not only need a lot of time and energy, but also cost a lot. At this time, 3D printing is a good choice. 3D printing jewelry sounds like the creative era in science fiction movies. In fact, it has become popular in the jewelry industry.


First of all, jewelry is understood from a macro perspective, which is actually a three-dimensional design. Different from architecture, products and other industrial designs, the size of jewelry is relatively small. Because it has a long history, it prefers to use some traditional techniques and crafts.

Industrial and product design uses more digital technology to control the lathe to achieve the expected design effect. If these digital technologies are applied to jewelry used to traditional crafts, what sparks will they collide with?

In fact, this idea has already begun to be implemented. In recent years, the rapid development of 3D printing technology, especially in the innovative application of jewelry and other professional fields, has created a favorable opportunity for personalized and intelligent manufacturing of jewelry design.

When it comes to 3D printing technology (additive manufacturing technology), compared with the traditional material reduction technology, it is generally considered to be a new manufacturing technology. China's 3D printing technology is not the first to start, but it has developed rapidly in recent years, the scope of application has been continuously expanded to many industries, and all kinds of products have gradually entered people's daily life.

The application scope of 3D printing technology continues to expand to medical, construction, clothing, food and other industries. In addition, 3D printing technology is also becoming a means of product R & D and design, innovation and personalized products, and slowly entering people's daily life.

In today's diversified consumption, while pursuing fashion brands, people will also want to have their own customized goods. Because of its unique portability and wearability, jewelry not only shows a certain personal style, but also has always been an important field in the private customization market.

Today, more and more jewelry designers are using 3D technology to print their designs. Because the appearance and feeling of 3D printed jewelry are exactly the same as those of traditional cast items, 3D printed jewelry is gradually moving towards the mainstream, bringing a design revolution to jewelry.

The traditional jewelry manufacturing process has to go through many procedures, such as plate starting, glue pressing mold, glue opening mold, wax injection, mold repair and so on. The procedures are many and complex, and the cost of equipment, site, materials, manpower and time is large. With the mature application of 3D printing technology in the field of jewelry, it has impacted the production mode of traditional jewelry, which can be described as a great change.

After the emergence of 3D printed jewelry, people will inevitably compare it with traditional handmade jewelry.Some people may worry that 3D printed jewelry will make traditional jewelry lose its original characteristics. Although many topics about 3D printers and cutting-edge technology have been discussed, human touch still plays a very important role in the whole jewelry making process.

There are still manual steps in the printing and production process and post-processing process. This means that artificial elements are still a success factor that can not be ignored in the process of creating amazing jewelry.

Nevertheless, in this jewelry industry, technology is still regarded as a powerful tool. It is complementary to traditional jewelry technology and jewelry design, and no one can replace anyone.

The traditional jewelry design is a process of artistic creation. There may be sudden whims and unexpected gains in the creation. The 3D printing process is different. It is what the model you design is like. If it is printed, it will look like it is designed, unless the printer fails.
So, what are the advantages of 3D printing jewelry compared with traditional jewelry manual techniques?

It solves the manufacturing problem of complex structure

3D printing can still reflect some characteristics of the development of the times. First of all, for designers, although the traditional process technology is important, with the help of 3D printing, the flexibility of design has become higher. Many things that could not be realized in the past are now possible, and the design has become more free.

For example, compared with the traditional manufacturing industry, for the complex structure that cannot be completed by hand, 3D printing technology only needs to set the program, and no matter how difficult and complex the shape can be set and printed by computer. Therefore, 3D printing technology makes up for this artificial "hard injury".

Save production cost

In addition, the cost calculation also includes the cost of time management. Because the computer can optimize the production in batch, the time consumption of the process is greatly reduced compared with the traditional one.

Personalized customization

Jewelry designers use 3D modeling software to create designs - which ensures that the inspiration and style of jewelry are as personalized as possible. More people can design and create jewelry with their own characteristics. As long as the jewelry design drawings created in the application can be sent to special equipment for high-quality 3D printing. Therefore, in a sense, 3D printing opens the world of jewelry design for more people.

Therefore, the combination of jewelry and high technology is to return jewelry to its core role, that is, beauty and decoration. With the help of high technology, the jewelry making process is more refined and the jewelry is more special. The use of 3D printing technology and manual combination is also the main practice content of [Picasso's toys] in this summer camp. This is the second cross-border cooperation between jewelry and industry. The students who participated in the summer camp last year created many amazing works.