Wax Carving

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain shows how to turn wax, like on a lathe, but with a flex shaft instead. Filmed...

Learn how to make your own wax carving tools from everyday steel construction nails. When jewelers carve wax many of...

If you are accustomed to working in this additive fashion, the subtractive process of carving wax may be daunting to...

Casting is the most important method of commercial jewelry production. Even for small workshops, lost-wax casting is often the fastest...

Euro Tool, Inc. has developed five wax tool kits and a cordless wax pen for the overall improvement of wax...

These slow, quiet days of summer are always a good time to review your shop practices before the busy holiday...

Recently a customer requested that we make her an unusual mother's ring. She chose a magnificent 3.56 ct. oval blue...

I make all my own wax carving tools and hot wax tools.I have done this since the early 1970's when...

Stone-in-place casting is growing in practice with manufacturers and retail manufacturing operations taking advantage of these labor saving techniques. Stone-in-place...

White, gummy Wonder Bread isn't just for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It's a fun tool for making hollow forms...

While many jewelers work directly in precious metals, many also work with wax, carving models for casting in silver and...

This paper will describe how to turn a block of wax into a pottery of approximately 1 1/4 inches in...

This article features the manufacturing steps for a one-of-a-kind free-form pendant designed and created by Barney Jette. The center stone...

This article features the wax carving steps for this custom made pendant designed and created by Bill Holman. The center...

Bill Holman uses modern technology to create his designed line of jewelry featuring Drusy gemstones. Wanting his jewelry designs to...

While at the Atlanta Bench Jewelers Conference, my friend Elesa Dillon (the national sales manager for Southern Jewelry News and...

n this installment we present a mold cutting technique called a spiral cut, which is designed to facilitate the successful...

This article provides a helpful tip on locating dead center on ring blanks and finding balance on an object. Free-form...

A drill press (either a full size, miniature, or Foredom) with an end mill or cylinder bur can thin down...

Welcometo Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece ofjewelry...

Welcome to Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece...