COURSES
WAX DESIGN AND CASTING
Most jewelry is made by using the lost wax process.
This class will give you the know-how and empower you to custom make your own designs starting from an idea all the way into completion. You will also learn to make molds to duplicate your models and be able to mass produce your own pieces of jewelry.
This class is excellent for the beginner who is interested in learning to design and also for the jewelers who are fabricating and not presently designing using the lost wax method.
This class is a must for those of you who want to design jewelry just like the professional designers do!
You will learn to plan, design and finish your own pieces following a proven set of exercises designed to allow you to become competent in basic to intermediate skilled jewelry modeling projects.
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Hands-On Projects
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Planning and Design
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Dolphin
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Dome ring
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Channel set ring
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Wax ring sizing
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Solitaire diamond ring
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Matching ring bands
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Initial ring
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Channel ring
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Modeling soft wax
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Finishing techniques​
What you will learn
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Design and layout of models
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Types of waxes
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Tolerance of gauges for casting and production
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Design and modeling
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Lost wax casting techniques
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Burnout Instruction
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Steam dewaxing
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Specific gravity
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Finishing techniques of castings
Class Schedule:
Monday to Thursday 9 AM to 5 PM and Friday 9 AM to 12:30 PM
Available Dates:
December 16th to 20th
January 13th to 17th
March 10th 14th