Wax carving is a skill that I learned in a pinch but yet became one of my truly treasured creative outlet. Sketching is still my main form of presenting my concepts but there's pieces that can be very tricky to simply draw or present in a computer rendering. In wax I can play with subtle details, the fluid lines and the smooth contours that can be challenging in a sketch.
I don't cut waxes that often since I can usually just sketch something out to have my wax cutter carve it for me. These pieces I carve waxes for are always quite special since they can be really complex and sophisticated or really simple yet filled with really subtle detailing.
One of my clients came in with her own gem to be set in a mount, we searched for quite awhile in various supplier books. She came to a conclusion that there's really nothing that she wants from the 5 or more books we went through. I offered to create a concept wax for her to look at and maybe it will be something that she might like. I carved a wax model with her gem bezel set in a very simple yet very detailed ring mount, the shank is fully tubular and continues on to a very smooth rounded shaped sides. SHE LOVED THE CONCEPT! and we created it in two-tone for her, predominantly yellow gold with a very small hint of white gold in the bezel.
In less than 2 weeks the client came and viewed her piece for the first time...and she loved the finished piece way better than my concept wax.
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