Wax carving advent calendars?

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Class overview image

Did you draw with spirograph when you were a kid? You can carve flower shapes like it! This class is perfect if you want to draw and carve your own flower shapes. You learn how to mark flowers with your dividers, design around a gemstone, carve a setting for faceted stones, and carve the petals into any shape you want. 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

  • Draw flower shapes with just your dividers
  • Experiment! You never know what flower shapes you can come up with if you experiment a little
  • Make a double sided pendant
  • How to remove wax from the back of a pendant
  • Shape wax into different petal styles
  • Make a setting with a saw
  • Patience! Some of these flowers take a lot of time

Tools and materials

  • Wax slices/wax block
  • Faceted gemstones
  • Saw + sawblades
  • Hand files + needle files
  • Dividers + ruler + scribe + permanent marker
  • Carving tools
  • Stanley knife
  • Micro motor/foredom and ball burrs (different sizes)

What’s included

  • 80 page PDF with photos and written instructions. You can download the PDF for easier access.
  • 5 instructional videos, around 2.5 hours 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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