Custom Name Pendant Making with Lost Wax Casting | For Beginners

Facilitated by, briar de wolfe, a jewelry house based in Toronto, Canada, offering made-to-order, custom jewelry and small-batch production.

Who is this workshop for?
No experience level is necessary.

Those interested in:

• design & sculpting jewelry
• exploring the tools and process for lost wax
• challenging yourself with a new medium

What & why?

This workshop will involve:

• An introduction to materials and application of tools
• Design process, apply your creativity and/or be guided in doing so with prompt-led play
• A focus on NAME PENDANTS
• You have (1.5) gram of wax to work with to sculpt down to (1) gram.
  *(1) gram of wax will cast to approximately (15.58) grams of silver

Ticket Option

• Workshop Only: Design and craft your jewelry during the workshop. Optional casting available at the end.

Definitions:

cast: an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mold
casting: refers to the process of pouring molten metal into a mold to create a solid object.
sculpting: refers to the process of shaping or carving material (such as wax) to create artistic forms
lost wax" process: is a method of metal casting where a wax model is incased in a disposable ceramic mold. When heated, the wax melts away, leaving a cavity that is filled with molten metal to create the final object.
medium in this context: Medium refers to the material or substances used by artists to create their work. In this workshop, the medium refers to wax used for sculpting and casting jewelry.

Facilitated by: oonamood & ovita.cole & third of october

Host or Publisher briar de wolfe