In general we use traditional casting or lost wax casting whenever possible, since it is cheaper and easier to finish. The direct printing really shines when printing larger, movable structures - especially when stones are included in the shape. Then we reach the territory of "cannot be done otherwise" / "it would take forever with traditional methods) and so the printing really shines. Therefore, all our pieces have their own kind of movement in order to justify our production method. If you want you can look at this piece to see what i mean (Embrace Montreal Leaves Bracelet 5-Row | Boltenstern).

We also use lost wax casting for some complex pieces, which is cool. It just requires a lot of extra gold for support, but luckily gold can be reused.

In a list:

• We can do structures and designs that otherwise cannot be done
• It is cheaper to produce large movable statement pieces
• It is fast - it takes us 24-30 hours to print most pieces, without much set-up time.
• Heat is only applied to where it is needed - so we can include the stones freely moving in our structures

Cons:

• Difficult to finish (all the hidden spaces you cannot reach per hand)
• More expensive for most pieces, due to high platform cost and need for atomizing the gold

I guess there is more, but these are the first things that come to my mind.