Process for making jewelry

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Individual items of personalized jewelry can be made with the name of the wearer or other personal message set forth in prominently embossed or deeply sunken letters on the jewelry item without expensive tools dies, molds, or fixtures, and preferably in conjunction with the lost wax process. A name or other alpha-numeric message can be, prepared, for example, with a typewriter. Special designs such as a family coat of arms or an organization symbol can, also be prepared for use with a name or other message. The name message and design can be produced in either sunken or embossed letters by photo-etching the name or message onto a substrate bearing a photopolymerizable resin. The …