Edna’s amazing flower
Edna has been a regular student at the Workshop for a year and has been learning many techniques whilst working on a major project – a large flower pendant 8cm in diameter made in fine silver with 18ct yellow gold....
March 26, 2018
Rhona at work on her wax carving
Rhona at work carving her wax model in the Workshop. Rhona has been making her own precious jewellery for several years and came to the Workshop to expand her knowledge of more advanced techniques.
Silver casting from wax model
Rhona’s wax carving was cast in silver and now looks like this. With the casting process an exact replica of the wax model is created in metal. This is an ancient technique used by the Egyptions and other ancient civilisations.
Wax carving for casting
Rhona created this carved wax model in January 2018 for the lost wax casting process. Her completed silver casting is also shown alongside.