Jewellery Casting and Wax Carving Course

Learn advanced jewellery casting and wax carving techniques to bring your creative designs to life through sand casting and commercial casting methods.

This advanced-level Jewellery Casting and Wax Carving Course is designed for experienced makers who want to refine their casting and model-making skills. You’ll explore both sand casting - a hands-on, achievable in-studio process - and commercial casting methods used by professional jewellery manufacturers.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to create precise masters in a variety of materials, including wax, to support both one-off artistic pieces and small-scale production. You’ll also gain insight into designing jewellery specifically for casting, from initial model to finished piece.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced multiple original cast jewellery pieces, mastered in-studio and commercial casting techniques and gained the confidence to integrate casting into your creative or commercial practice.

Course Schedule

Project 1 – Designing a Master Using Wax Carving
Students create original masters using wax carving techniques, exploring form, texture, and design intent.

Project 2 – Sand Casting
Hands-on sand casting of your wax masters, including cleaning, finishing, and polishing your cast pieces.

Project 3 – Commercial Casting & Finishing
Learn how to prepare your designs for commercial casting services and complete professional finishing on commercially cast pieces.

What Will I Learn?

• How to carve and shape wax for casting
• The principles and practice of sand casting
• How to create masters in a range of materials
• How commercial casting services operate and how to prepare your designs for them
• Best practices for designing jewellery for casting
• How to apply casting techniques to your own creative projects

Materials

Course fees include solder and saw blades. Metals, findings and a variety of stones are available for purchase at the school or feel free to bring your own to work with.