A solitaire ring AND fitted bands to go around it? You mean the ultimate ring stack! This class is perfect if you want to carve ring sets. You learn how to carve solitaire rings from one piece, perfectly fitting bands to fit around that one ring, and loose fitting bands that can fit around multiple rings. 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
- Pierce and size a ring blank
- File parallel and how to measure this
- Calculate wax thickness for your stone
- Cut a seat for your stone
- Shape the solitaire ring
- Make a fitted band that follows around the shape of your solitaire ring exactly
- Make a wishbone ring
- Make loosely fitted rings that you can stack with different solitaire rings
Tools and materials
- Flat ring wax with centre hole + round ring wax with centre hole
- Faceted gemstones
- Saw + sawblades
- Hand files + needle files
- Wax ring sizer + ring stick
- Callipers
- Dividers + ruler+ scribe + permanent marker
- Beeswax
- Dental cement spatula/carving tools
- Rollerball pen/gel pen
- Micro motor/foredom and ball burrs (different sizes)
- Set square
What’s included
- 53 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!