Part 2
Creating the Olive Branch Ring begins with a vision brought to life through the lost wax technique, a time-honored method that turns my hand-sculpted designs into wearable art.
The Wax Band - My Canvas
I designed a 5mm-wide wax band with a twig texture and incorporated a 3mm bezel to hold a round gemstone.
Fine-tuning the Wax Model
The process starts with creating a wax model, as seen in this photo and then adding a bezel so that I can wrap my leaves and olives around it.
Using fine tip tools, I carve and place each delicate leaf to capturing the natural flow of an olive branch.
After tweaking the placement of each stem and leaf, I can start fine tuning each leaf and start preparing it to cast in silver.
...This is going to be an extremely comfortable ring.
Creating a model can take anywhere from 2 to 3 days but I will post pictures here of the finished wax model prior to casting.
If you have a comment, please post them below this post.
Thank you, Dawn.
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