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Summer Workshop
at the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia and online
August 9 and 10, 2025
Saturday and Sunday
10am - 5pm ET
Wax models ready to be cast.
Click this video link to understand what you’re looking at here!
Making Beads
and Other Hollow Forms
for Lost Wax Casting
Summer Workshop
Workshop Topic- working with water-soluble wax to make hollow castings like beads, lockets, and talismans.
Details
The H2O wax is really interesting. I show how to carve a shape using water-soluble wax, coat it with a casting wax blend, then carve details and openings to create a hollow wax model for casting.
This technique can be used to create beads or hollow forms that are further processed after casting in silver.
Click on this video link to see my chemistry safety tip of the day and a bit of the process.
And click this link to see sample waxes.
To participate in the H2O wax workshop requires an extra materials fee of $26. This includes enough wax for 2 average sized beads or 1 large bead. Casting in metal is not included, but I will facilitate an optional group shipment of wax models to a production caster.
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