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09 Nov, 2016 · By jewelleryschool· courses , evening class , Handmade jewelry , Jewellery Classes , jewellery making , Jewellery Making Classes , LJS , london jewellery school , lost wax carving , lost wax casting , Tutors , wax carving · Comments

Adventures in wax carving – Week 2!

09 Nov, 2016 · By jewelleryschool· courses , evening class , Handmade jewelry , Jewellery Classes , jewellery making , Jewellery Making Classes , LJS , london jewellery school , lost wax carving , lost wax casting , Tutors , wax carving · Comments

So last week I posted about week 1 of my 5 week Wax Carving Evening Class at the London Jewellery School. We have now had our second week of our class and it is fair to say that we were all getting into the swing of things and powering forward with our designs! Some of us made some changes to our designs this week as we had had the chance to think about our pieces and how we would realise them in wax!

So it was pretty much straight to business this week! We all worked hard shaping the wax and scraping away and refining the waxes. It was a very quiet class as we were all concentrating so hard!

Everybody hard at work on their designs!

Our lovely tutor, Sophie Arnott, putting us through our paces

My own design is coming on. I pretty much have the organic shape carved out and am just refining the surface with sandpaper and steel wool to make sure it is nice and smooth as any flaws in the wax will be picked up in silver (and are much harder to sort out once cast!). I will waft my piece under some heat to remove any little curls of wax remaining so it is completely nice and smooth for casting.

Next week I will start burring out the underside of the ring to make the ring lighter (as it would be very heavy in solid silver, not to mention expensive to cast!) to make it nice and comfortable to wear using a ball burr in a pendant motor. And I will hopefully make a start on my second design.

My wax carved ring – almost finished

I am really enjoying the course so far and although I still love fabricating pieces completely by hand from sheet metal, wire and tubing, I can see how this technique could be incorporated into my designs and collections. Plus it is incredibly therapeutic peeling away layers of wax!

I can’t wait for week 3 and seeing some of the finished waxes of my fellow students! Have a great week and will post pictures of how everyone is getting on next week!

Author: Karen Young