3-Day Wax Carving Course with Jenny Macdonald
25 – 26 October & 8 November 2025
10am – 4pm
This 3-day course focuses on the art of wax carving. You will learn about wax in its many forms and uses, mainly for jewellery making.
The course will cover:
- How to carve detailed designs of your choice in green hard wax; you will also learn about many different waxes, their properties and their benefits
- Using various tools for wax carving
- How to refine and polish your wax carvings
- How to apply wax with a heat pen
- How to fix broken parts or cracks
- How to sprue you own waxes
- All aspects of preparing wax pieces for casting- considering shape, weight and placement of sprues
- Calculating weight conversions from wax to metals and how to forecast costs of casting
- Setting stones into hard wax and creating settings using a wax heat pen
About the tutor
Jenny Macdonald is a teacher, maker and artist. She has taught for many years across art and design disciplines: illustration; ceramics; graphic design; life drawing and predominantly jewellery-making. She had worked as a product designer supplying outlets including Harrods, Paul Smith, The Natural History Museum and Sony Records, before returning her focus to creating bespoke precious pieces for her individual clients. Her passion for teaching has remained a constant throughout her creative pursuits.
