Design letter-opener with Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017
Steel letter-opener with Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017
€65.00
Product coming from the tradition of love and/or friendship bondsCertificate available with the product Included Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017The tradition tells that every person who receive a sharp object as a gift must give in r...
Design letter-opener with Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017 Steel letter-opener with Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017
€65.00
Description
Product coming from the tradition of love and/or friendship bonds
Certificate available with the product
Included Rodin Commemorativ 2€ coin yeardate 2017
The tradition tells that every person who receive a sharp object as a gift must give in return a coin in order to don’t break love or friendship bonds with the one who offers the gift.
To well follow the traditionnal practices, Monnaie de Paris put in the letter-opener a Rodin commemorativ 2€ yeardate 2017. This coin is coming from the collection which commemorate the hundreth anniversary of the famous french sculptor death.
Our craftman
THE ENAMELLER
Our creations are enamelled using a rare technique known as grand feu enamelling. Another workshop sends the enameller a decoration, piece of jewellery or struck medal with hollow spaces on its surface. Using a dip pen, needle or brush, the enameller fills these hollows with enamel, which they have prepared themselves. The fixing of the variously coloured enamel powders is controlled by short, successive firings at 900 degrees.
THE MEDAL MINTER
The medal minter transforms a blank into a medal, alternating between striking to bring out the relief and annealing to return the metal to a more malleable state. The blank is struck as many times as necessary, depending on the diameter, depth and detail of the engraving. Finally, surface treatments are applied to enhance the finished piece
THE ENGRAVER
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
THE MINTER
The first minters began to ply their trade in France when striking with a hammer appeared in the 4th century BC. Nowdays, minsters use press instead of a hammer. Their knowledge of dies, engraving and metals, and their expertise - passed seamlessly down from one generation to the next for centuries - guarantees the excellence of their work.
