"The fashions pass, but quality jewels always last" LNC Culturas IR

"Las modas pasan, pero las joyas de calidad siempre perduran" Ampliar imagen Marta Quintana representa a la tercera generación de joyeros en La Mar.CLOSE COMPARTROROCIO RODRÍGUEZ HERRERAS |01/17/2022aa imprimprimprimal "fashions pass, but quality jewels always last" LNC culturesMart Quintana represents the third generation of Leon jewelry in front of a recognized business, the sea, eighty years in the center of the city making jewelry a jewelryart and craft already 8 decades.Art, crafts, science and tradition are added to offer the Leonese jewels that are the result of a rich family tradition that currently falls to Marta Quintana Moratinos.- Who brought the sea to León? - was my grandfather Daniel Quintana.When he was only twelve years old, he was shipped for Cuba to the house of relatives because here were difficult things.There he was a press correspondent, he administered several farms ... but his dream was always a doctor or merchant and when he could return to Spain he began working in Santander with his uncle, who ran the first the sea and later he could open his own store in León,keeping the name to continue with the family tradition.Many people have entered the store just to tell me how pleasant and good person I was, which I appreciate from the heart.- Why in Ordoño II?.–We start almost eighty years ago on Cervantes street.Subsequently, Ordoño II Avenue became the most commercial area of León, so the store changed its location in 1951.Then there was a variety of small local shops, much of which have disappeared, which seems to me a pity for this city.- How has the sea evolved?- At first we had more variety of articles focused on tourism, not only jewelry, such as memories of León, Panoplias, Moroccanering, Damasquinados, Porcelains and Crystal among others, but over time we specialized.Everything has changed a lot.My father tells me that when the grandfather began, the genre came in boxes and wooden barrels since the plastic was not known;It was not until the seventies, that a powerful petrochemical industry began to flood Spain of plastic materials.- When do you decide that your professional life would be linked to the jewelry the sea? - despite having seen it at home, I did not consider doing jewelry seriously until I had to decide what career to study.I went to Madrid, I trained at the Integral Jewelry Center and worked for artisans in the city for four years.Then I returned to León and combined my studies at the León Crafts School with the work in the store with my father.When he retired, I took charge of the business.- How has the academic training of jewelry professionals evolved since your grandfather landed in "La Mar"?I could take many years.At present, studies give you the possibility of acquiring fundamental knowledge such as 3D machinery, computer design and computer science, accompanied by subjects such as noble metal smelting techniques, laminar techniques, climbing and stretch metals, techniques for cutting, to save, peel noble metals, etc..In addition, there is now more access than ever to all kinds of information and jewelry machinery has been modernized.The ideal is to combine artisan work and new technologies.- What difference is a jewel manufactured in series and one designed by a jewelry professional?- The difference between an artisan piece and a series manufactured lies in the knowledge of the artisan, and the time to create it, which far exceeds that of an industrial piece.The beautiful thing is this creative aspect of both the design and the way of working of each artisan that gives each piece of authenticity.The work of a jewelry professional is always there for those who know how to value it and appreciate it.In the end the fashions pass, but quality jewels always last.- "The sea", does it have a lot of chemistry?- Of course, since in our jewels elements of the periodic table are present, such as noble gold and silver metals, which remain the most demanded.In addition, in some alloys you can identify the chemical elements by its color as in the pink gold that carries more copper than silver, which brings that reddish tone.Among the alternative materials, used due to the increase in the price of precious metals in recent years, we find metals and non -metals, such as stainless steel, titanium, cobalt, tungsten, black zirconium, carbon fiber,The paladium, etc..On the other hand, we find chemical compounds of metals and non -metals in rubies, emeralds and sapphires, the most used precious stones generally in gold by their value, as well as in the semi -precious stones used in silver, such as quartz and Ágatas.- And mathematics? –Wery we need to make the mathematical calculations to know the exact amount of the metal that will wear the piece we have designed.On the other hand, as pure precious metals are very difficult to work since they are very soft, the jeweler needs to know the weight proportion in which platinum, gold and silver are in an alloy, which in jewelrycall law.Pure gold has 24 carats or 1000 thousandths.In Spain the gold of law is 18 carats, which means that for every 750 thousandths of pure gold, the remaining 250 are copper and silver.In the case of La Plata, the law is 925 thousandths, which translates that of every 1000 parts, 925 are from silver and the rest an alloy of copper.- What is the origin of the jewels that we find in the sea? –The origin is diverse.Many of my articles come from the great workshops that are still in Córdoba or Valencia.Others, of great Spanish warehouses that go to international fairs.I try that both metals and stones are of serious houses that meet a sustainable and fair jewelry.Some pieces are also manufactured in our workshop, some commission and others for the mere pleasure of working to my liking.We work with renowned firms, where quality and design prevail.–And the price? –It would see depending on the material used.I as an artisan work only with first law gold.Gold and platinum remain the most expensive materials, silver and steel more affordable.However, it is easy to find very beautiful jewels I sygstar large amounts of money.For me everything can be a jewel, from slopes made with wood to Australian pearls, the value is given by the one who takes it.On the other hand, working outside the great advertising campaigns allows us to have a good product at a fair price, without dispensing with an attractive and current design with very good finishes.Back up jewelry jewelry the sea

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