I cheated on carving wax by hand. These were done with my Taig micro-mill. They are wax and the both measure 1/8"x1"x2" and they are designed to be a key ring tag. The owl is the family crest for the name Kautz. I first found a line drawing of the owl and designed the rest in Aspire software. The fi...

I can't believe it is nearly the end of October. Last night was the last wax carving and silver casting class. Eight weeks have gone by. I did get the Celtic Knot cast and the sprues sawed and filled off last night. Other than that it is still in need of a serious post cast clean-up. Pictures will b...

I am taking a formal training class on how to carve wax. Then I will also learn how to do lost wax casting in Sterling silver.I have carved two pieces already and this is my third item. It will be a pendent for a silver chain. It is called the Celtic Eternity Knot.   As you can see there is no ...

It was an interesting first session in my wax carving class last Monday night. It looks like only 3 to 4 of us and one of them is my daughter Shelley.  Number 3 seems like he is going to switch to a day time class or maybe switch between the evening and day classes. The last one apparently is a...

There is an art and craft guild located here in the Dallas Texas area. They are called the “Craft Guild of Dallas” and have been around since October, 1948. That makes me not quite two years older than the Guild. The history goes back a bit farther (pre WWII) but under a different name. My daughter ...