Hi everybody!
Just a quick update on what I'm doing. I've been itching to make some jewelry but not having a personal metalsmithing studio in my apartment has been somewhat of a hindrance. However, a few weeks ago I ordered some tools from Rio Grande Jewelry Making Supplies. I bought carving wax and a little alcohol lamp that runs on denatured alcohol so I can carve some wax models. I was fortunate enough to have some dentist tools given to me a few months ago so now I'm all set to start carving. Dental tools are the best tools for carving jewelry or anything on a small scale (even old, broken tools still work great!) Working in wax is the first step in casting an object. Casting is my favorite process in metalsmithing and while I don't have any of my own casting equipment I can get some wax pieces ready this summer to cast for in fall. I'll post some pictures of the wax carving process and hopefully during fall semester, I'll be able to continue describing the rest of the casting process including investing, the burn out, using the centrifuge to cast the object, and then the clean up process of the cast piece. It should be fun!
Until next time,
Gitta
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