Sydney

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Jewellery Making

Pet Pedant Making Workshop

Make a pet pendant at this beginner-friendly jewellery workshop in Sydney

Caity Lane

Work-Shop

4.9 (4,362)

29k followers

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3 hours

1 to 15 $160

Sydney

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Craft

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Jewellery Making

What you'll do

HOT DOG! It’s time to immortalise your love for your old Fido and Mittens and craft your own matching pendants. Using the ancient method of lost wax carving, you’ll learn an easy and low-cost method for making unique pieces all on their own. Lost wax carving starts with making a wax model of your desired object, which is used to create a metal mold called casting. The casts are then taken to have molten brass poured into the mould and, once hardened, filed or carved into its final shape.

We’ll cover the different varieties of wax and their properties, and how to create a pendant using basic shaping techniques with files and carving tools. You’ll gain an understanding of the lost wax technique, casting, and the finishing of metal jewellery. Explore texture and pattern through the creation of several wax rings and select a favourite to have finished in brass.

Join us for an evening of unmuzzled experimentation, shit-borking, and bonding over our floofy friends. Bring a mate, bring a date, or come solo and meet some like-minded furnatics.

Please note that your pieces will be ready for collection approximately three weeks after the class.

What you'll get

- A comprehensive beginner’s overview of the casting process, different waxes and their applications, use of jeweller’s tools, and advice on finishing your future metal pieces (also covered in a detailed handout available)

- Two pendants (one for you, and one for your furry friend) The option to have your pieces cast in silver will also be available on the night for an additional cost

- The opportunity to carve several different wax pieces

What to bring

- Just yourself

- If you have a friendly and calm doggo who’ll be happy to chill out while you create, they are more than welcome to come!

Suitable for

This class is perfect for beginners - no prior experience is needed.

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a team building activity, birthday or hens party.

This would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, anniversary gift or birthday gift.

Location

Work-Shop - 188 Princes Highway, Arncliffe NSW

Your teacher

Caity Lane

Caity Lane is a Melbourne-based designer and silversmith, and the head and hands behind Metalhead Jewellery. Using the lost wax casting technique, Caity explores shapes and textures outside of the jewellery norm. After completing a Bachelor of Design at the College of Fine Arts/UNSW Sydney, Caity launched Metalhead Jewellery in Sydney in 2014. She then made the move to Melbourne, feeling it a more suitable environment for her quirky aesthetic. Caity’s designs are inspired by heavy metal, raw mountainscapes and handmade imperfection.

Your host

Work-Shop

4.9 (4,362)

29k followers

Work-Shop is a creative concept that will broaden your horizons and help you unleash your inner awesome. We provide affordable short courses in life skills and alternative art. We’ve teamed up with Australia’s brightest creative minds to share their knowledge and help teach you a new skill. From 3D printing and stencil art through to music and gardening – life skills and personal development through to cooking doughnuts and mushroom foraging, we offer a broad range of fun and creative short courses to suit our time poor lives. We will inspire you to pick up that pen, paintbrush, hammer or sewing machine and flick the switch that will kickstart a whole new way of life.

Community values lie at the heart of our project. We collaborate with local artists and industry experts to teach classes and utilise local suppliers for any materials needed. We also provide a creative environment for emerging artists to produce and sell work, and meet like minded individuals. Work-Shop will be a space for everyone, with a rotating schedule of art shows, information nights on local issues and a whole range of events and community initiatives.

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