Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 2
A course by Elsa Tierney , Jewelry Designer and Maker
About the video: Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 2
Overview
“Now that I've sized the ring, I will continue filing the piece, rounding the shank from the back up to the top to define the basic ring form.”
In this video lesson Elsa Tierney addresses the topic: Filing and Sizing the Ring Form 2, 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 Now that we have the ring size, I'll start filing the sides towards the top and create the basic shape of the ring. We'll start at the back of the ring and we'll file from the side edge of the hole towards the center line. We'll do this at an angle and file round, up along the edge towards the top. You can rest the wax on the peg for stability. You don't want to go over the edge of the circle, of the hole, so avoid that for now and file up towards the center at an angle like this. You can see from here, you can see the ring starting to take shape up towards t...”
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Course summary for: Wax Carving Techniques for Jewelry Design
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Category
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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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