Wax Carving with Kate Wolf
5 days - All skill levels welcome.
May 5- 9, Mon- Fri (9am-5pm) New Approach School May
June 16-20, Mon- Fri (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
July 14-18, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
September 8-12, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
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Wax is an amazing material. In this hands on workshop we will explore innovative approaches to wax carving with an emphasis on encouraging confidence and creativity. We will explore design; layout; carving; faux granulation; flame techniques; bezels; carving mirror images, contour fit bands, pierced out work, hollowing; finishing, repairing and more. Learn affordable lathe and milling techniques- saving time and improving accuracy. We will be working primarily with Wolf Wax by Ferris
TM. There will be live, highly magnified demos of many wax techniques.
Intermediate Wax Carving with Kate Wolf
- 5 days
May 19-23, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
September 22-26, Mon-Fri (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
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We'll cover all the techniques listed above and prong, channel and azure carving; divider exercises and tool making.
More Wax with Kate Wolf - 3 days
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October 8-10, Weds- Fri, (9am-5pm) 3 days Portland, Maine
For those who have taken a wax carving class with Kate. Emphasis is placed on helping each student take their skills to a higher level. Tricks of the trade, new tools and innovations will be covered. There will be time for tool making and modifying. We will be working with Wolf Wax by FerrisÅ and Cowdery Extrusions. Students are encouraged to bring projects, questions, requests, wise ass comments and jokes.
Kate's Bio
Counter Sketching/Rendering with Remy Rotenier - 4 days days
August 18-21, Mon- Thurs (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
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Have you ever had a customer who knows what they don't want, but can't communicate what they are looking for? Remy Rotenier teaches design development techniques that make it easy to produce designs that please your customer.
This workshop covers the whole process: from making a quick rough sketch through turning it into a wonderful colored drawing without losing its energy. We'll spend two days with pencil- developing sketching skills, learning how to render elements and stones, successfully
incorporate concepts into jewelry design. We'll spend two days on color rendering techniques- exploring the use of transparent and opaque water colors, for true to life illustrations of metal and gemstones. We'll also cover special orders- helping the customer through design decisions and preparing customer documents.
Remy Rotenier was born in Paris where he studied jewelry design and gemology. He worked for high end European jewelers until he became one of Tiffany's in house Jewelry Designers in New York. He was Design Director for Kabana for twelve years and opened Remy Design two years ago. He is now an independent Jewelry Designer with prestigious clients across the United States. Remy believes that a successful designer should be a balance of creativity, technical skills and work ethics.
Advanced Stone Setting with Blaine Lewis - 5 days
July 7-11, Mon-Fri, (9am-5pm) Portland, Maine
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Many innovative techniques revealed in this hands-on workshop can dramatically improve craftsmanship and reduce breakage of fragile gemstones such as tanzanites, emeralds, and opals. Jewelers with intermediate stone setting experience will be amazed at how fast they learn in this truly extraordinary class. Advanced stone setters will be impressed with the wealth of new concepts they learn in this comprehensive course. For those with intermediate to advanced bench skills.
This course teaches expert advances in the following: Prong Setting Fancies, Princess Cut, Marquis Cut, Pear Cut, Emerald Cut, Baguette Cut; Channel Setting Rounds, Princess Cut and Inlaid Channel; Invisible Setting, Grooved Princess Cuts; Bead Setting and Pavé, Bead & Bright Cut, Thread Setting. Plus: Flush setting, Gypsy, Bezel Setting, Tool Making, Graver Sharpening, and many other topics.
Blaine Lewis
is widely recognized as the premier diamond setting instructor in the US. He is the director of New Approach School for Jewelers in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Blaine innovated stone setting techniques for fragile colored stones. His video sets Classroom in a Box: Bezel and Flush Setting and The Fine Art of Setting Princess Cuts have received critical acclaim. Blaine's 8-12 week Bench Jeweler program, nicknamed Boot Camp for Bench Jewelers, sets the industry standard for jewelry education in the stratosphere.
www.newapproachschool.com and
www.jewelryvideos.com
