Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
Decorative Techniques and Texturing
A course by Elsa Tierney , Jewelry Designer and Maker
About the video: Decorative Techniques and Texturing
Overview
“At this point, you could decide you want to give an alternative character to your ring! Here I'll talk you through adding textures using the files or using a heat pen to add organic surface patterns.”
In this video lesson Elsa Tierney addresses the topic: Decorative Techniques and Texturing, 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
“ Decorative Techniques and Texturing In the playing with wax lesson, I showed you some decorative techniques and now I'll show you how to apply those to your design. Now we have a classical-style signet ring, but you may want to add some textures and details to the side to make it more interesting. I'll start using a heat pen and I'll do what we did before by dragging the pen over the surface. Since we're using green wax, the temperature needs to be a bit higher and you have to be a bit slower than we did when we were working with the blue. This is a nice way of getting organic shapes on t...”
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Course summary for: Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
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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