Int Wax Carving

Wax Carving II ~

March 16th - April 27th 

Tuesday evenings 6 - 9 pm  7 weeks 

$400 + tool list

With Nelson Levine

 

Creating your Design

 

This class is an “open project”

Students will focus on a specific project that they would like to create – learning in the process the techniques needed to realize their designs.

 

Technical demonstrations will offer students opportunity to acquire knowledge of a variety of skill sets – depending on skill level of the individual and the design requirements of the project.

 

These include:

Wax carving with files, x-acto knives, and flexible shaft machines.

Hollowing for lightness. Stone setting creation of either bezel or prong for cabochon or faceted gems. Ring shank creation and sizing in wax.

Clasps, bails and hinges (advanced).

 

Students should bring on the first day a sketch or picture of your idea and any stones or parts that will be part of the finished piece of jewelry.

Instructor: Nelson Levine

About Nelson Levine:


Nelson Levine has a wide range of experience in the decorative arts - including work in antique reproduction, raised lacquer, and gold leaf to supplement his focus on high end custom design jewelry.

His studies include a full grounding in Jewelry Arts - both Metal fabrication and Wax Carving and design, and he has studied with many talented artists including Robert Morris, Brice Marden, Ray Parker, Dorothea Rockburn to name a few.

He has taught wax modeling for jewelers and for beginners for many years, including workshops at the Crafts Students League in NY and the Newark Museum.

Nelson currently specializes in creation of highly unique, one of a kind works for custom design clients. His commissions include pieces developed based on paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and design lines of jewelry sold in Bloomingdales, Macy's, Bonwit Teller, and numerous other shops.

Ring image courtesy of Nelson Levine.

 

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