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Francesco Ponzi

Atelier

Process

From conversation to finished piece: hand drawing, 3D modelling, goldsmith workshop and gemmological control.

Every commission starts with a conversation. You tell me the idea, the stone you already have, the context — a gift, an interior to furnish, a handle for a yacht, a ring built around a family stone. I draw the piece by hand, then model it in 3D when the shape requires it. In the workshop I work the metal: micro-torch, setting, finishing. Burin engraving — on jewellery or on watch cases — I do in-house, with the GraverMax. Before delivery, I check stones and setting in the gemmological lab. It is not a counter appraisal: it is control of the piece I am about to hand you.

Dialogue

You tell me the idea, the stone, the context. Together we define materials, proportions and purpose — jewellery, interior, yachting, heirloom piece.

Drawing and modelling

Hand drawing and, when the piece requires it, 3D modelling. The design takes shape before touching metal.

Workshop

Metalwork: micro-torch, setting, hand finishing. Burin engraving on jewellery and watch cases with the GraverMax.

Gemmological control

Verification of stones and setting in the gemmological lab, before delivery.