[Jewelry making - Article 00258] - [Orchid] Lost-wax casting workshop

[Fred Sias]

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    Hello everyone: I have been lurking on this list for sometime and now
    I have a post that may interest some folks in the southeastern part
    of the United States: 

    Each year I attend several workshops sponsered by the Eastern
    Federation of Mineral and Lapidary Societies (EFMLS), the Southeast
    Federation of Mineralogical Societies (SFMS), and the Florida
    Society of Goldsmiths (FSG). These are  held at a non-profit retreat
    called Wildacres that is a half mile off of the Blue Ridge Parkway
    in Little Switzerland, North Carolina. This is about 40 miles
    northeast of  Asheville, NC. To see what the retreat is like, go to
    www.wildacres.org and click on the "facilities" and "photos" links. 

    This year during the week of October 3-7, Wildacres Retreat will
    have a "Fall Gathering" where various workshop options will be
    offered to anyone attending. I have offered to teach a beginning
    lost-wax casting course for a small group of students. The retreat
    is equipped with casting equipment and individual tools suitable for
    about 8 students. The cost would be $200 per person for 4 nights
    lodging and 11 meals. Expendable supplies for the casting course
    would be $25 and would include wax models, investment, and an ounce
    of deoxidized sterling casting grain. I expect to have my new book
    "Lost-Wax Casting: Old, New, and Inexpensive Methods" available for
    anyone that is interested. 

    Anyone interested may contact me and I will send a detailed course
    outline. Contact me if  you have any questions. Please label the
    email "Lost-wax casting" so the spam filter won't discard your
    email. 

Fred Sias
frsias AT mindspring.com

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