Method of obtaining a string of patterns, and an article, in particular a piece of jewelry, comprising a string of patterns

A method of obtaining a string of patterns, comprising the steps of:

• hollowing out an impression in a slab, which is made of wax, the impression comprising a sequence of patterns touching one another;
• causing a material for taking the shape of the impression to penetrate into the impression so as to obtain a sequence of patterns in relief and deformable, said material is liquid resin which is selected to be of the type that is flexible in the solid state;
• stiffening the sequence of patterns to obtain a male shape suitable for being molded the stiffening step comprising the operation of deforming the sequence of patterns so as to cause edges of the sequence of patterns to face one another and securing said edges to one another;
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• making a molding of the male shape.