Wax carving advent calendars?

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A signet ring is a classic to make out of wax. Wax makes it easy to file your ring perfectly into that flat top. This class is perfect if you want to make signet rings. You learn how to carve classic signet rings, minimalist signet rings, and how to file the top perfectly flat and perpendicular to the sides.

Techniques covered

  • Pierce and size a ring blank
  • File parallel and how to measure this
  • Use a set square to get 90-degree angles
  • File a tapered ring band
  • Create different shaped signets
  • Create different shaped ring bands to match the top of your ring
  • File and blend the top of the ring smoothly into the ring band

Tools and materials

  • Flat ring wax with centre hole
  • Saw + sawblades
  • Hand files + needle files
  • Wax ring sizer + ring stick
  • Callipers
  • Dividers + ruler + permanent marker
  • Set square
  • Dental cement spatula/carving tools

What’s included

  • 47 page PDF with photos and written instructions. You can download the PDF for easier access.
  • 5 instructional videos, around 100 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!

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