PAVET 00 BE 3 (perforated Byzantine jewel)

Design and Manufacture of Perforated Byzantine Jewelry with Modern Manufacturing Engineering Methods

Research program PAVET 00 BE 3, co-financed by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Ministry of Development within the framework of the Competitiveness Operational Program (EPAN).

Collaborating institution: Univ. Ioannina

The main objective of the program is the manufacture of perforated Byzantine jewelry with modern means of engineering and metallurgy. In particular, it is about the design and manufacture of perforated Byzantines using layering, but respecting the limitations and the particularity imposed by the hand-made perforation of metals in the case of Byzantine jewelry.

For the automated design and manufacture of pierced Byzantine jewelry according to traditional art, special software is being developed. The desired shape as well as its various characteristics are determined in a design system, which will initially automatically try to determine a possible placement of triangular cuts that will render the shape with the traditional technique.