Carving 3 dimensional shapes is wax’s moment to shine. It’s quicker, easier, and more cost effective to make 3D shapes from wax than straight into metal. This class is perfect to start with if you’re new to wax carving. You learn to think and work in 3D, consider every angle of a piece, and work from big to small. The class covers a simple symmetrical shape, a flat back hollowed out shape, and a full 3D shape that has no clear front or back. Not a fan of ice cream? You can use the techniques from this class to make any shape you do want to make into jewellery.
Techniques covered
- Pierce a wax block
- File a cube and how to use a set square
- Draw your design on wax
- Think through your project: in which order do you shape your charm?
- Give a 3D shape to a flat piece of wax
- Make the charm look good from every angle
- Remove wax to reduce weight and cost
- Carve a charm straight out of a cube
Tools and materials
- Wax slices/wax block
- Saw + sawblades
- Hand files + needle files
- Set square
- Callipers
- Dividers + ruler + permanent marker
- Dental cement spatula
- Small unit scale
- Micro motor/foredom and ball burrs (different sizes)
What’s included
- 42 page PDF with photos and written instructions. You can download the PDF for easier access.
- 6 instructional videos, around 100 minutes total
- Opportunity to ask questions
- Lifetime access to all the material
Sound good? Then don't wait and buy the class!You have 2 options:
- Wax only. The entire process of how to carve the pieces in wax.
- Wax and casting clean up. The entire process of how to carve the pieces in wax. PLUS 3 additional videos showing how to clean up the castings AND how to polish and finish them.
Bought the wax only class and want the additional casting clean up videos? You can pay the difference to get access to them. The option to upgrade is inside the class.
Tutor
Hi I’m Sandy. I learned jewellery making, including wax carving, at the School of Jewellery in Dublin. After finishing my course, I taught at the school for a year and I also taught a wax carving workshop at Lucy Walker Jewellery in Kuala Lumpur. After learning all the basics of wax carving, I practiced and experimented A LOT. Something didn’t work out the first time I tried it? No problem, just try again (and again and again…) until it does work! Practice really is the only way to get better at something :) I love wax carving and I’m excited to teach you!