Do you like big ring bands? Me too! So much space for a repeating pattern. Simple, complicated, big, small, it’s up to you. This class is perfect if you like patterns. You’ll learn different ways of measuring equal distances for a continuous pattern, how to mark your pattern on the wax and different ways of creating a pattern.
Techniques covered
- Piercing a ring blank
- Sizing the ring
- Filing parallel and how to measure this
- Finding the centre line
- 2 different ways of measuring equal distance for a continuous pattern
- Marking your pattern on the ring
- How to drill to make sure everything is equal distance apart
- Clean up of back holes
- File overlapping circles
- Look at your ring as a whole and not every separate part (this is more a mindset than a technique, but very useful)
Tools and materials
- Round ring wax with centre hole
- Saw + sawblades
- Hand files + needle files
- Wax ring sizer + ring stick
- Callipers
- Dividers + ruler
- Scribe
- Wax carving tools
- Micro motor/foredom and ball burrs (different sizes)
- Permanent marker
What’s included
- 32 page PDF with photos and written instructions. You can download the PDF for easier access.
- 4 instructional videos, around 1.5 hours
- Opportunity to ask questions
- Client brief. 1 Page outline for a ring project
- 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 made this class to help you in your wax carving journey. It’s made with love (and some exasperated sighs and curses when things don’t go like I want them to). I love wax carving and I’m excited to teach you!