Carvin' Copy
Tuesdays, May 20 - June 10 (4 sessions), 2025
6 - 9pm
Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tuesdays, May 20 - June 10 (4 sessions), 2025
6 - 9pm
Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Copying might be frowned on in school, but it’s one of the best ways to build your carving skills! By transforming a block of solid wood into a “portrait” of an existing object (such as a fruit, leaf, or flower), you’ll practice a full range of key techniques: laying out your design, roughing the form, carving details, and applying a surface finish. This low-tech approach suits students of all levels; those with some carving experience will have the option using of more challenging woods or complicated shapes.
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Wax Carving
Saturday, June 7, 2025
10am - 5pm
Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saturday, June 7, 2025
10am - 5pm
Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Learn to carve blocks of hard wax into smooth, detailed, and refined forms suitable for casting in precious metal! Carving opens up so many options for introducing sculptural forms into your jewelry work. During this workshop you’ll get familiar with the many different types and formats of wax available, and explore a range of both basic and specialized tools for wax carving and polishing. Demos will cover several projects (such as signet ring, hollow form, and figure) from start to finish; you’ll choose which project you wish to finish. We will NOT be casting during this workshop but we will discuss how to best prepare your wax model for casting by a professional casting service or during a later casting workshop.
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Student Experience I'm thrilled when a student whips up something great during class, but my real goal is to set each student up to succeed outside of class. Whatever the subject or duration of the workshop, I want students to leave with solid skills, in-depth knowledge, and confidence in their own abilities and creative vision. |
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What Students Have Said...
"My experience was inspiring, motivating, and challenging--which is what I wanted--learned skills I will carry over and continue, lifelong lessons." "[Julia] was extremely knowledgeable and experienced and very capable of communicating instruction, questions--very pleasant and enjoyable." "Excellent class! I loved the content, and Julia was great about explaining things in simple terms." "Julia was extremely prepared with wealth of information and tips and tricks. Lots of work time! Worth the 12 hour + drive." "Wonderful teaching style--perfect balance of demos & work time. Really fun and much more depth to the work than I had imagined." "Julia is an engaging instructor, clearly knows her medium, very generous." "I really enjoyed this class...I'm excited to be about to do these things at home in my ill-equipped studio. Very inspiring." |