Jewelry Wax Modeling-Table of Contents

		Jewelry Wax Modeling A Practical Guide for the Jewelry Model Maker by Adolfo Mattiello About the Author Adolfo Mattiello is a jeweler, model maker and author. He was educated in Europe and South America where his professional jewelry experience began. Mr. Mattiello's technical background includes industrial design as well as jewelry design. He worked as a jeweler and model maker for over twenty years in various New York City jewelry manufacturing firms. Mr. Mattiello has taught model making classes at Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco, at Highline College in Washington and has conducted workshops for Rio Grande in Tucson.
		Table of Contents

1		Creating in Wax
3		Acknowledgements
5		Tools and Waxes
8		Lesson One Man's Ring - Modeling with a basic set of tools and establishing good working habits. This is the building block for the lessons that follow.
28		Lesson Two Lady's Band - Two-part lesson: 1 Planning your design and creating basic working drawings. 2-Creating the model, building on the experience gained in the previous lesson
40		Lesson Three Pierced Ring - Working with the ring template and the Trimmer. Planning your layout from a perspective illustration. Marking by knife impression and practicing piercing.
50		Lesson Four Buckle Ring - Visualizing, plotting and carving your ring from a solid mass of wax. Layout and piercing of baguette seats. Important considerations on channel setting.
62		Lesson Five Pave' Ring - Two-part lesson: 1-Maing a model with recessed areas for pave' setting and opening air lines. 2-Creating a separate oval center setting.
80		Lesson Six Heart Ring - Tracing a layout with a paper pattern. Carving a tapered channel and piercing extensive air lines. Creating a separate heart-shaped center setting.
92		Lesson Seven Oval and 8-Baguette Diamond Ring - Making a one-piece ring with an oval center stone and four baguettes on each side. Practice piercing air lines and baguette seats in channel. Important setting considerations.
108		Lesson Eight 30-Baguette Ring - Carving convex and concave surfaces. Extensive baguette seats piercing. In this lesson, everything comes together to test your patience and manual skills.
118		Lesson Nine Basket Ring 1 - Designing a layout with stones. Making the ring head and a separate matching shank. Connecting the wax wire prongs.
134		Lesson Ten Basket Ring 2 - Three-piece ring: Creating the ring head in conjunction with the shank bezel. Connecting the bezel to the shank. This lesson is complementary to Lesson Nine.
142		Lesson Eleven Ballerina Ring - Two-piece ring: Creating the ring body. Turning the ring head on the Mini-Lathe. Shaping and piercing the baguette seas on the ballerina skirt.
154		Appendix Creating your own template
157		Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
159		List of schools and colleges that offer jewelry modeling and jewelry casting courses