Sunglass chain out of Stainless Steel with Plastic and PVD-coating (gold color). Cross-section:3mm. Length:70cm.

Stainless steel´s extremely shiny surface with almost no uneven traces is highly appreciated. Furthermore, it is a hard, scratch-resistant and stainless material. Stainless steel does not tarnish and allergies to it are very rare.

Glass is an amorph, i.e. not crystalline substance. Glass is usually produced by melting quartz sand and other materials. Objects seen in daily life and made out of glass (e.g. drinking vessels/glass and window glass, TV screens and light bulbs) are just a samples of the variety of glasses. Most of the famous glass jewelries of the world is made of Murano glass, which was first created in the Murano Island near Venice in the 13th century.

Synthetic material means that human has made it artificially. It is made from special materials that do not exist in nature. Synthetic material is also often called plastic. Plastic is used in many industries such as in jewelry making since the properties of malleability, hardness, elasticity and breaking strength are excellent.

PVD is the abbreviation for "Physical Vapour Deposition" and is a modern technique to coat e.g. jewelry. PVD coating is a purely physical process that takes place at high temperature and under vacuum. The jewelry gets a beautiful gold or rose gold hue and is additionally protected by the PVD coating.