Inheritance and Innovative Application of Digital Technology in Filigree Jewelry

Recently, emerging digital technology has been increasingly applied to the design and manufacture of jewelry, and the combination application of 3D scanning and 3D printing technologies to produce jewelry is one of the methods. Digital technology can realize the digital storage and novel manufacturing of filigree jewelry. In the experiment, the appearance characteristics of the filigree jewelry were obtained by the structured light 3D scanner, and based on these characteristics, the modeling software was used to supply the details and repair the model. Finally, the replicas were manufactured by the selective laser melting technology (SLM). The replicas are almost the same as the original filigree jewelry with high firmness. The combination of digital technology and traditional craftsmanship not only simplifies the production procedures and reduces the production cycle, but also improves the scalability of subsequent applications. The experimental process encountered difficulties such as the limitation of instrument accuracy, the difficulty of removing the support structures, and the difficulty of polishing. However, this paper aims to provide a feasible and novel direction for the inheritance and innovation of filigree jewelry by continuously exploring and improving the potential application methods of digital technology in the digital storage and production of filigree jewelry.