I have been going through a lot of character building and learning experiences this last week. I have discovered new ways for things to go wrong. Maybe it has something to do with trying. You know, you can't lose if you don't try. Ah, so maybe it is a trying experience. Whatever, life has been inter...

It's a third of the way through September. What I am look for is a break in the weather. Official weather is recorded at DFW airport but the Dallas, TX  area is generally 2 - 4  degrees warmer than the airport. (Urban heat oasis.) The official weather has been hanging around 95-100 degrees...

A couple of posts back I boasted that I had ordered a jeweler's bench to use as my wax carving workstation. True story, and I have been working with it for a few days. I just figured out how to use my PanaVise with the bench and I just published an article in the tools section. I have many of m...

I didn't exactly find the lost wax but I did recreate it. I lost version 1.0 of this Celtic Trinity design when my first casting attempt failed. I had some Wolf gold wax and I had to "weld" two pieces together to get a wide enough blank. I then made a template for the design, pasted it on the wax an...

Since my passion for wax carving is expanding every day, I have realized a big drawback is an uncomfortable place to do the carving. I am working in my unconditioned garage and that does create some problems with wax in hot weather. But it is not just the temperature control. I do a lot of the dirty...