Description

Video course: Introduction to Mould Making video course

 

Video course: Introduction to Mould Making

This 35 minute video course and accompanying manual gives you a thorough description and demonstration of how to make a simple jewellery mould. The manual also includes a bonus guide to wax injection for the beginner outlining all the main considerations faced by the jewellery mould maker. Mould making is a complex subject and there are many different techniques which can be used depending on the shapes, size and complexity of the objects being moulded.

Who is this course for?

This course is aimed at any jewellery wishing to learn how to make a simple jewellery mould and gain an insight into why mould making is an essential skill for the wax jeweller. This guide will provide you with a simple introductory project to get you started. We will be releasing more video courses in the future addressing some more complicated project types as well as some tips and tricks that will push mould making to its limits and expand your skill-set creating things you didnt think were possible.

What you will learn

This course contains both the 35 minute video course and a detailed written guidebook taken from our Intensive Wax Jewellery Course manual.

This video course will teach you:

• How mould making immediately expands designing options and possibilities

• What moulds are used for. Mould making is not just to duplicate your designs! It also has a wide rage of applications including speeding up your design process, incorporating found objects into your designs, modifying existing jewellery designs and allowing the use of many different materials to create your designs

• Different kinds of rubber

• How to use moulding frames

• How to improvise if you don’t have moulding frames

• How to prepare and pour a simple ring mould

• Things to watch out for

• How to cut open your mould

• How to prepare your mould for wax injection

This course manual is part of the intensive wax Jewellery Course Manual and gives a step by step guide of mould making. It can be used as a guide by itself. It will teach you:

• What mould making is

• How to use moulds

• Advantages of wax jewellery making over silversmithing

• Types of rubber

Required tools and materials

• Pinkysil Fast Set Silicone

• A simple ring to use for making your mould

• A Scalpel

• Plastacine (We use a product called Claymate)

• Nitrile gloves

• 3mm aluminium wire

• Plastic mixing cups

• Stiring sticks

• Ruler

• Scissors

• Scales

• Optional: Lego

• Optional: Thinking Hand Studios custom moulding frames

Option 1: Video and Manual

• 35 minute video step by step narrated video course

• 13 page step by step manual with detailed description of what mould making is, applications, method, process and troubleshooting

Option 2: Kit

• Pinkysil 500g

• Large moulding frame

• Video course and manual