|
 |
 |
 |
The First
ONLINE
Repairs by Mail
of
Restoration on Costume and Imitation Jewelry
& Accessories. |
|
|
|
INTRO |
return to top |
|
After many years of experience in the
jewelry market, we realized that Women in general get
really close to any piece of jewelry they own,
regardless the manufactured material.
Any piece of jewelry is a memory of a gift you received
from a special person, a memory of a special time or
occasion, a perfect matching detail for a dress, but
like anything also they are subjected to wear and tear,
even if the jewel cost $10.00 or $ 10000.00, you get
very frustrated if one day it breaks or does not looks
or works the same. The piece will need some repairs or
restoration.
It is possible to find repair people in your own
neighborhood for some of the polishing, cutting, stone
replacement etc., that will be needed. Most repair
people have some limitations, and some do NOT work on
costume jewelry. The main reason is: the techniques to
repair "real" jewelry like platinum, gold, silver,
precious stone.. are completely different from the
"Imitation jewelry" (which in my opinion are beautiful
and attractive as well as the Noble metals ones). |
|
ABOUT US |
return to top |
|
Vincenzo Taormina is a renowned
modern jewelry designer, Italian-born and
Philadelphia-based. Beside His innovative line of
Jewelry,
he offers a Jewelry Repair Service
by MAIL.
The first ONLINE repairs Service, specialized in restorations,
repairs and alterations on a wide range of costume
jewelry, necklace, earrings, rings, pins, brooches, accessories, made of all
range of metal which includes: metal jewelry, faux jewelry,
vintage jewelry, imitation jewelry, resin, brass, copper
,bronze, silver, rhinestones, silver, steel,
aluminum and more... |
|
About Our REPAIRS Services |
return to top |
|
This is a list of repairs services that we offer but
not limited to: ● Knotting and Stringing
Necklaces with silk thread of semiprecious stones jade, quartz,
tourmaline.. , synthetic beads, imitation pearls,
freshwater pearls and real pearls, using the traditional
European knotting technique used by professional beaders.
● Yellow gold - white gold
- rose gold re-plating.
● Hard or soft Soldering & Microsoldering.
● Replacement of earrings
backs.
● Conversion of clip back
earrings to post and vice versa.
● Replacement of missing
rhinestones, marcasite, cabochons and more.
● Manufacturing of missing
parts.
● Replacing pin backs,
hinges & stems.
● and much much more.... |
|
REPAIRS BY MAIL |
|
|
How it works? simple
as 1-2-3!
Having your costume jewelry repaired and /or restored by Mail
is a simple procedure:
(1) Contact Us by
sending an E-mail, with all the possible description of the object
and what needs to be done. Please along with the email, include a few Images.
Better the image and the
close up
is, more accurate the
first estimate will be. However if you are not a
Photoshop wizard, no worries, the final estimate
(2) will be
sent to you by email after we have seen the item up
close in our studio. You will be given detailed
instruction where
to ship and how to ship.(3) After
restoration we
will email you images of completed work and
Payment procedures.
Payments via PayPal or Check. |
|
questions you
may need to ask |
return to top |
|
Repairs on costume jewelry are
necessarily limited by the original materials used and
their inherent limitations. Most of the metals used do
not have the same malleability as precious metals.
Enamels, plastics & coatings are limiting factors. We
should discuss the object to be repaired via phone or
e-mail to determine how effective the repair will be,
what results you can expect and the costs involved,
before making the commitment to do the repair. |
|
Good questions to ask are:
● Will I see evidence of
the repair, such as solder, differences in color, etc.?
|
|
● If being plated you will
want to be sure you understand what the final appearance
will be and how to treat the re-plated piece so keep in
mind that "different" isn't always bad; in many cases a
new appearance may be closer to the original look (when
new) than the current vintage look. Just be sure to Ask
us any questions, so you will be aware of what you will
get |
|
● Approximate length of
time for repair - this can vary widely because difficult
cases may require us to special order or create parts. |
|
● And obviously the "cost"
.. |
|
How
to contact us and where to ship |
return to top |
|
WE CAN'T ACCEPT REPAIRS AT THIS TIME
TAORMINA REPAIR'S STUDIO IS UNDER
REMODELING.
WE WILL RESUME OUR REPAIRS DPT
ASAP.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND CONTACT:
INFO@VINCENZOTAORMINA.NET |
|
TAORMINA JEWELRY, INC. - PHILADELPHIA
|
|