ZWT Zisterer turns into a gallery
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For once, the stream of traffic in the Spaichingen commercial zone on Sunday May 18 is not attributable to the employees getting to and from work: Under the motto "Art meets Economy", the Spaichingen companies open their gates for art lovers. At ZWT Zisterer's, visitors can see highlights of goldsmithing art: Edelgard Jung, a Spaichingen goldsmith, shows jewelry from her workshop where she also uses tools by ZWT Zisterer.
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For 25 years, Edelgard Jung has been working as a goldsmith, and for 19 years in her own workshop where she creates highly individual jewelry. With her art, the Spaichingen goldsmith creates added value for her products made of gold, silver, and precious stones. It is no wonder that ZWT Zisterer tools are involved: The goldsmith and ZWT Zisterer Managing Director Bettina Bernhard had been school pals. Later, both women chose careers in metal processing, and kept following each other's progress in their different fields.
In her goldsmith's workshop, Edelgard Jung mostly uses traditional workmanship to create her jewelry: She casts her own feedstock for the rings, rolls it to the desired thickness, cuts it to length, welds it, and blends it by hand in painstaking precision. But for certain production steps, the goldsmith uses machine support.
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The process of high-polish turning is commonly used in the jewelry industry but rather seldom in the manufacture of individual pieces of jewelry. Edelgard Jung, however, loves to use this technology on her small lathe: "Rings in classical high-gloss finish are still much in demand, even though contemporary jewelry often has matte finishes," the goldsmith explains. Creating truly high-gloss, homogeneous surfaces by hand is a time-consuming process: Usually, it takes several hours to polish a ring to mirror finish. "Here, machining the blank by high-polish turning is a real time-saver."
Accordingly, the experienced goldsmith has come to esteem the benefits of the ZWT Zisterer tools: Edelgard Jung is now able to manufacture profiles in highly individual shapes to give her jewelry a character all of its own while still saving a lot of time and effort.
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Two dozens of her pieces, for which she used ZWT Zisterer tools in some manufacturing steps, will be exhibited on the premises of the company in Spaichingen, Eschenwasen 14, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday 18 May. Other attractions include acrylic paintings by the Spaichingen artist Karin Nieß, vintage tractors and Unimogs, and a tour through the ZWT Zisterer workshops.
A visit will definitely be worth your while!
