Jewelry Specialization: Mastering Design and Photography Techniques

Overview

“This lesson is all about wax, jeweler's wax that is! I will first talk about my favorite waxes to carve with. As you can really get lost choosing, I'm going to try to make it simple for you. We will then start exploring all the necessary techniques to work with this material. You will learn how to join pieces together, add wax, and subtract wax using different tools. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Technique Foundations 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Jewelry Specialization: Mastering Design and Photography Techniques. Learn brass jewelry design and creation from sketches to polished pieces using foundational techniques and tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Technique Foundations Let's talk about my favorite waxes to carve with, and as we go along, I'll show you how to work with them. Wax is the best thing to start in when you want to work with metals because you're not wasting metal, you're wasting wax. For the most part, wax is pretty inexpensive so don't be hard on yourself when you start to play. Please be free because wax is forgiving. You can take it away or add on and it doesn't cost you anything but your time. This is Wolf wax. All of these orange waxes are Wolf wax. It's my favorite wax. It's nice, soft, and not too brittle. It's eas...”

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Course summary for: Jewelry Specialization: Mastering Design and Photography Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 74 students
• 7 units
• 93 lessons (16h 27m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Digital Photography, DIY, E-commerce, Fashion Design, Jewelry Design, Product Photography