Make a silver ring - lost wax casting / February in Bury St Edmunds
Description
Create your own sterling silver ring! Learn about the lost wax casting process, then design and make a wax ring ready for casting. Not suitable for young children. In a small group of no more than 6 people, we will be making our very own solid silver rings using the lost wax casting technique. Lost wax is a process starting with crafting the ring out of jewellers wax. A mould is made around the wax, and then molten silver is poured into the mould which burns away the wax and leaves a perfect cast in silver. In the workshop we will be creating our rings out of wax, which is a wonderful and adaptable material to work with, even beginners will find it easy to work with, and the detail is remarkable - you can have fingerprint detail if you wish to! The wax rings will then be taken offsite for casting, Nathan will finish and polish your silver ring and post back to you. An optional extra is to have oxidation (blacking) applied to the ring at this final stage, this technique is great for bringing out textural details. The workshop takes 2.5 - 3 hours, if you need more time to work on your ring attendees are welcome back to later workshops or to continue working on their wax from home. What to bring: You should have a couple of ideas and images of the type of ring you would like to make, if you use reading glasses you should bring those too.
What's included in the price?
Due to recent jumps in silver grain stocks, the ticket price will no longer include the casting cost - this will be calculated according to the ring weight once it has been cast, and you will be invoiced accordingly. As of January 2026, a 10g silver ring is approximately £60 T&C's: You will be advised on your design and its weight value at the workshop. You are entitled to move your booking to any other booking date at any time before the workshop start. Please be respectful and notify the host as soon as possible of you are unable to attend.
Duration
3 hours
Cancellation policy
Easy - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts
Maker
Suitable for
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