Can someone say V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-S ? I can !!! :)

Aaahhh .. feels good! I'm done school until january 6th and i am not supposed to work so i will be able to relax and rest for that whole time! I will also visit my family in my hometown for some days and of course, make new jewels and paintings for my etsy shop! ;)

Now to come back on the school subject, there's some pictures, at the bottom of the page, of the wax prototypes we're carving in class. They will eventually be casted in plaster to make molds and then reproduced in silver .. :) When i'll have the silver prototypes in my hands i will then be able to make rubber molds which will be used to make as many wax reproductions as i want, to then start all the process over and over again :)






The cat one will be turned in as a brooch/pendant and will eventually be up for sale ! I'm not done carving it yet :)

Quick update!

One day down! three more to go before vacations YAY!!

While waiting patiently i keep going with my school works! This is the bracelet im working on right now:



It opens up with a mechanism of two hinge :) The opened part simply open and close by pulling and pushing back in the little rod :) It is specially filed down so it never get out! Still have work to do it and then get it polished.. might put some ornaments on it and if it's good enough, will be up for sale!

More updates about it later on when finished :)

Hollidays are coming !

YAY! For days of school left for me :)

Vacations are going to feel goooodd ! Until then, still working hard at school ! Yesterday, we went to Montreal to see some tools, gems, gold/silver merchants to get some contacts and some cards to order later on when needed :) It was great to make a first contact with them.

We then had the opportunity to go to a huge Art exposition where tons of people were showing off what they make for a living. People working glass, people working leather, jewelers of course ! People making lamps .. paintings, wood carving and more ! It was a huge exposition. I took a few second to ask a lady how much it cost to have a stand there ( 2000$ for the smaller spot ) and she also told me that it was way worthing it as you make a few exposition like that and you have your $ for the year. I was kind of amazed about that o_O .. it's crazy to think you can live a whole year with only 2 or 3 expositions... wow !

Oh well ! It was quite a cold, but, interesting day :)

Let's keep going

Wow time is going by fast.. !

Feels like i started class just a few weeks ago but its already december! :)

So, let's keep updating !

After all the welding part of my training i learn how to make tubes and rings from this method. Here's a couple rings i made in that class:

Once i get those ring polished and cleaned they will be up for sale in my shop so keep an eye open! :)

The following one is a prototype made from wax! Complety hand sculpted :) There's a lot more that i got done and i will post some pictures of them as soon as possible !