{"id":3353,"date":"2014-07-07T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2014-07-07T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T23:30:02","slug":"wax-on-wax-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=3353","title":{"rendered":"Wax on, Wax off\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wax-on-wax-off\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Daniel gets a lesson in wax from the Master.<\/p>\n

I have been active in my workshop \/ studio getting my silver (yeah, the real solid metal Sterling stuff) casting system ready for operation. I am really excited as I can see the shiny silver at the end of the tunnel. Maybe that\u2018s a train headlight\u2026 oh well.<\/p>\n

The process is much more complex than the average person can imagine. Although I have been studying the process for many years, and even took a class on how to do it, it\u2019s not until now as I prepare for the first time on my own, have I realized how complex the entire process is from design concept to finished item. I love it!<\/p>\n

There is so much to learn and master, it makes me feel alive by pushing my brain as well as my failing hands. I do struggle physically with the PN but I love even that challenge when it gets hard. If it was easy I probably wouldn\u2019t want to do it. All the PN does is slow me down. I can still use the tools. Wax carving is not a strenuous activity.<\/p>\n

The creative part is working in the wax.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I could spend all my time just making the wax masters. One of the instructors I had, the one teaching the wax carving, sells her wax masters to jewelry companies and does little casting for herself. So wax carving can be an end unto itself.<\/p>\n

I am not a wax collector and I am not good or fast enough to sell my carvings, but I do enjoy the entire process. A surface finish detail I miss in wax I can still fix in the casting, but it is much harder to do\u2026<\/p>\n

Actually carving or milling the wax with CNC is not the only way to make an original wax master. Melting, joining, heating and bending can all come into a design. I haven\u2019t event scratched the surface of wax forming. Well, I have\u2026 but I was intending a metaphor there.<\/p>\n

I intend to play with non precious metals too, but the wax master work is all the same. So much to try, so little time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel gets a lesson in wax from the Master. I have been active in my workshop \/ studio getting my silver (yeah, the real solid metal Sterling stuff) casting system ready for operation. I am really excited as I can see the shiny silver at the end of the tunnel. Maybe that\u2018s a train headlight\u2026 oh well. The process is much more complex than the average person can imagine. Although I have been studying the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[157,154,155],"class_list":["post-3353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hobbies","tag-lost-wax-casting","tag-silver","tag-wax-carving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}