Do you like to mix your metals in your rings? In that case you have to carve and cast the pieces separately and solder them together in metal. This class is perfect if you like precision. You learn how to carve settings for faceted stones, and carve rings with space for the setting. Carve your pieces to fit and assembly in metal is easy. This class doesn’t cover how to set stones, only how to make the settings. A basic knowledge on stone setting is helpful to make the most out of this class.
Techniques covered
- Carve a tapered round setting
- Carve a tapered square setting
- Carve a tapered hexagon setting
- Make a setting using ball burrs
- Make a setting using a saw
- How to drop a setting into the shank
- Carve a high shoulder ring
- Carve a split shank ring
Tools and materials
- Flat ring wax with centre hole
- Wax slices
- Faceted gemstones
- Saw + sawblades
- Hand files + needle files
- Wax ring sizer +ring stick
- Callipers
- Dividers + ruler + scribe + permanent marker
- Micro motor/foredom and ball burrs (different sizes)
What’s included
- 57 page PDF with photos and written instructions. You can download the PDF for easier access.
- 6 instructional videos, around 90 minutes total
- Opportunity to ask questions
- Lifetime access to all the material
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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!