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Summer Workshop
at the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia and online
Ready to string, straight from the caster.
Check back for more samples.
I’ll add images as new pieces are completed.
August 9 and 10, 2025
Saturday and Sunday
10am - 5pm ET
Making Beads
and Other Hollow Forms
for Lost Wax Casting
freshly dipped shapes ready to carve
the wax shells float when the core is dissolved in water
the carved wax models ready to cast
wax models with white core showing unside the blue shell wax
Wax models ready to be cast. Watch the video
silver bead as it came from the caster
student samples
transforming a sketch
student samples
before and after
download the tools list
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.
To participate in the H2O wax workshop, an additional materials fee of $27 is required (shipping for online students is an extra cost). This includes enough wax for two 1x1” beads and one 1x2” 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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