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There are many simple approaches to designing and working in wax that can be applied to many forms of jewelry, wearable art, and functional objects. Learn how to carve wax for your purposes with precision. Challenge yourself to improve your skills in wax by tackling complex designs and patterns while incorporating stones as either a focus or accent component. We will use primarily carving waxes to create models. Learn tips and tricks used by the pros to create accurate patterns for waxes to be potentially cast in any metal.

We will focus on designs, tools, tips, tricks and setting stones in wax models.

Wax models can be cast with the casting club or sent to a casting service.

Details:

• This is an intermediate level class.
• Prerequisite: previous wax carving class.  If you have not taken wax carving before please check our calendar for upcoming Wax Carving classes.
  
• $20 materials fee is included in class tuition.
• Please bring a bag lunch. BARN has a refrigerator to store your lunch, located on the lower level.
• Students may bring their favorite tools (studio tools will be available for use).

Instructor: Jennifer Stenhouse’s a jewelry artist, sculptor and educator. She has made her home and studio in Seattle, Washington for the past 20 years. She has been teaching art and jewelry classes, workshops, lectured and exhibited throughout U.S. and Mexico for over 25 years. Jennifer is currently in the process of researching for a book she is writing on the History, Timeline, and Technology of Jewelry Casting, and is the current president of the Seattle Metals Guild.

Recognized as an outstanding educator and known expert in the arena of jewelry casting, Jennifer has more recently teaching at the college and adult continuing education levels. Currently, Jennifer works as a production jeweler for Baleen, teaches jewelry classes and workshops. 

Education: MFA – University of Wisconsin – Madison, BFA – University of New Mexico 1989

Graduate Print making Internship – Tamarind Institute / UNM 1989

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org