Best jewelry making wax molding materials according to redditors
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best jewelry making wax molding materials. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 5 Reddit comments discussing the best jewelry making wax molding materials. We ranked the 4 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
This would be more practical to fabricate with sheet metal and wire.
If you really want to cast it, it should be a solid medallion with the design in relief. The bottom roots can be detailed in the metal result with a dremel. But as the open-work design stands, this is just too delicate for a beginner with rudimentary tools. You can carve it of casting wax... do lost wax casting
Source: Used to cast bronze sculptures professionally (30 years ago!) and briefly worked for a jeweler.
Edit: clarity
Bruise wheel
scar wax
The easiest thing would be to buy a hard wax, a medium wax, and a soft wax, and see which you like to work with. If I had to pick one, I'd say go with something like this
And, the easier yet method would actually be to do lost foam casting instead, and cut it with a hot knife or a hot wire, in which case you just coat the foam with slurry, and pour the metal onto the foam as is, no burning/melting necessary. I recommend a rock tumbler with walnut shells for cleanup of the finished piece.
Get some flesh colored modeling wax used in makeup and fill it up.
http://www.amazon.com/Modeling-Wax-Flesh-Colored-oz/dp/B00539RJRK
Make sure to get the right skin tone though.
After audition or scenes take it out and keep your gauges.
https://www.amazon.com/Wax-Ring-Tube-Sizer-21-2891/dp/B016JEOJ7K