When Madeline Ellis invited me to spend a morning with her casting Mimosa Handcrafted jewelry, I jumped at the opportunity. I thought I had an idea of what to expect. I was wrong. Until I was in ...

Native American artisans create molds from cuttlebone and tufa stone to cast metal jewelry. Anthony Lovato works with tufa stone molds to create jewelry at his studio in Santo Domingo Pueblo, ...

When Vahan “George” Bedeian creates jewelry using a lost-wax casting process, he knows he’s continuing a practice used by artists for thousands of years. Certainly the equipment he uses has enjoyed ...

Students will learn all aspects of wax working and lost wax casting in a scale appropriate to jewelry. This process will enable students to create metal models and rubber molds for multiple component ...