since i had so many fans of my fertility charm at the Outdoor Show i decided to carve out a new smaller, lighter, and easier to clean version in wax so i can have it cast in sterling silver in time for the Cabbagetown Arts and Crafts show in September.
when i'm making wax pieces to be cast, i normally work in a very malleable brown wax (this one is covered in purple wax shavings) first so i can get the size and shape right before i move on to carving and refining the final form in the hard wax (the purple wax in this example) with files. the aqua coloured wax is from OCAD's wax injector which creates the form in wax if you've already had a mold made of your original piece.
this new fertility charm is a third of the weight of the original one, about half the size, and has a different texture on the back side.
i've gotten much faster at carving wax now. i'm quite pleased with myself.
p.s. this is my 100th post! crazy.
when i'm making wax pieces to be cast, i normally work in a very malleable brown wax (this one is covered in purple wax shavings) first so i can get the size and shape right before i move on to carving and refining the final form in the hard wax (the purple wax in this example) with files. the aqua coloured wax is from OCAD's wax injector which creates the form in wax if you've already had a mold made of your original piece.
this new fertility charm is a third of the weight of the original one, about half the size, and has a different texture on the back side.
i've gotten much faster at carving wax now. i'm quite pleased with myself.
p.s. this is my 100th post! crazy.
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