What I really want to do is get into my wax carving and lost wax casting. I want to live up to my motto: "Doing what I love for those who love what I do." No one loves (maybe they "like") me for say, just running my web store. I need several more major items before I can move farther along in my cre...

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...

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 ...

I spent a full day this weekend working on a casting project for a 50 year reunion medallion. I have been working on this project for at least six months trying to create a mold for casting for what will be hundreds of medals.  I have the design but I have been experimenting with how it sh...