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Certificate Program:
10 weeks/300 Clock hours
Overview
The program offers comprehensive instruction and hands-on practice in the form of wax modeling and casting. Students are instructed in the wax carving processes of creating articles of jewelry such as rings and brooches in wax and then reproducing them in casting. Students will become familiar with casting in precious and non-precious metals. Techniques in rubber molds, wax spruing, centrifugal casting, wax injection, vacuum casting, and more are introduced within the program. Students will be able to distinguish the types of waxes and applications needed for the execution of certain projects. This program is recommended for those who seek to careers in entry-level positions as a caster, jewelry model maker, manufacturing assistant, or wax carver.
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- Types of waxes and
applications
- Overview of tools of the trade
- Contouring different forms
- Wax spruing
- Wax and metal weighing methods
- Fabrication with wax wires and sheets
- Centrifugal casting
- Polishing and finishing techniques for casting
- Tumbling, stripping, bombing
- Vulcanized rubber molds
- Wax injection
- Vacuum casting |
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