[Jewelry making - Article 00029] - Re: [Orchid] Starting Wax Carving

[Kjell Hansen]

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    First of all let me say thank to everyone for all the great info. To
    quickly answer your questions. I'm living in southern maryland,
    about an hour from DC working in a retail store for the past three
    years. Not a bad place but with no room to learn more or be creative
    seeing as all i do is repair. Ive been dying to move to seattle for
    as long as i can remember and have recently made a trip out to find
    a job. Ive found that i just don't have enought experience in a few
    areas, wax carving being a big one. Ive always been interested and
    my current employer told me he would help with any additional
    education i wanted when i was hired after completeing the GIA grad
    jeweler course. Yet upon any inquiry to find and learn something new
    the answer i have been given is always go talk to him and he will
    say go talk to that guy. So nothing has ever come of it. I do not
    mind learning in a class setting though i do dislike making mistakes
    in that setting. I know that is the place to do it but it still is a
    big hurtle, which is why i asked for the books and was happy to
    recieve them as a gift? It will be nice to have a little experience
    before i attempt a class. I havent lookd into it much but im sure i
    can find something. In any case i was just hoping to learn a little
    so i have a little knowledge on the subject. My initial question was
    really just to find out what tools people thought were necessary,
    and where to find them. 

    As for my experience, i have worked with setting of all sorts can
    fabricate almost anything out of stock and have dabbled in
    engraving. Ive found i pick up new metal working techniques very
    quickly, such as chasing and repouse, and filagree. Usually i have
    an idea and see what fun way i can use to create the item. Wax
    carving would greatly aid this.


 
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