JDM
SilverWorks

From Automotive Form
to Precious Metal.

JDM SilverWorks is being built around a long-term goal: create small, high-value collections centered on automotive icons whose design, engineering and cultural significance deserve to be preserved in a new medium.

RX-7 FD

The first icon.

The first study for JDM SilverWorks focuses on the RX-7 FD: an unmistakable silhouette and one of the defining forms of Japanese performance culture.

From CAD to Casting.

Commission Zero documents our first RX-7 FD miniature as it moves from digital modeling to physical prototypes, a wax master and its first planned sterling-silver casting. The development journal began with Episode 1 on October 10, 2026, and the YouTube channel launched October 15.

Prototype in development. No finished silver edition is available for purchase.

Silver.

Not simply a finish. Part of the object.

Material becomes part of the design language. Polished, brushed and oxidized surfaces are used to create contrast, depth and presence while keeping the automobile recognizable at a smaller scale.

Concept to Object.

From pencil sketches and digital models to prototype development, casting, finishing and presentation, each project documents how an automotive idea becomes a physical collectible object.

Building JDM SilverWorks.

A long-term project developed one prototype, one collaboration and one milestone at a time. The website will continue to evolve as the first physical pieces are produced.

From the Workbench.

Notes, experiments, prototype updates and the stories behind the build. A record of JDM SilverWorks as the project develops from idea to finished metalwork.

Your Car. A Story Worth Telling.

Have a distinctive RX-7 or Japanese performance build? JDM SilverWorks welcomes conversations with car owners interested in future one-of-one automotive art commissions and collaborations. Inquiries are exploratory and do not represent an open product sale.

Contact: Mel.mtejada@gmail.com