Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 1
A course by Elsa Tierney , Jewelry Designer and Maker
About the video: Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will take you through a series of steps, filing away all the different surfaces to form the basic ring structure. I will also size it to ensure a perfect fit! ”
In this video lesson Elsa Tierney addresses the topic: Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design. Explore the ancient art of wax carving and discover creative techniques to design, measure, sculpt, size, and finish bespoke pieces of jewelry from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Filing and Sizing the Ring Form In this lesson, we'll work on filing the ring form into size. Now that we have all our measurements and lines in place, we'll start by filing away the excess wax. We'll start by filing there to here and then afterwards, we'll go from the actual line to the actual line above here. It will all be a lot clearer when we get to that point. When filing, prop up your wax against the peg... and start by filing away the excess wax up towards the line. When you're filing, you're filing at an angle, you're not just filing this part down. You want this line here to mee...”
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Course summary for: Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Jewelry Design
Elsa Tierney
A course by Elsa Tierney
Elsa Tierney is a jewelry designer and maker specializing in lost wax casting for jewelry and sculptures. Her fascination with jewelry and artifacts from all around the world, or “treasure” as she would call them, was ignited from a young age on trips with her parents to London-based museums. As an adult, she decided to turn this passion into a career, receiving a degree in fine art and later, a National Diploma in Silversmithing & Allied Crafts from Sir John Cass School of Art & Design.
Her pieces incorporate influences from modern art that she combines with traditional jewelry-making methods. She is particularly proud of her marionette piece, which boasts the working attributes of a puppet on strings, but can also be worn as a necklace. Her work has been exhibited across the UK, and she is a two-time winner of the Bronze Goldsmiths Award in the 3D Modellers category. Other accolades include the Silver Goldsmiths Award in the QVC category in 2016 and Gold in the Raw Pearls category in 2015.
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