Nancy Denmark, Jewelry Artist
PATTERN LAYOUT ON WAX BLOCK SCRIBED PATTERN ON WAX BLOCK POSITIONED TO SAW SAWING A SLICE SLICING FROM BLOCK SAW CUT MADE CUT FREE FROM BLOCK CUTTING OUT CROSS SHAPE PARTIAL CUTOUT OF CROSS SHAPE WAX FORM CUTOUT COMPLETE ROUGH BACK FROM SAWING THE BLOCK FILING OFF SAW MARKS FILING THE BACKSIDE CONTINUES BACKSIDE GETTING THERE WAX FORM WITH DAY'S TOOLS END OF DAY 1 WAX MODEL WITH GARNET CABOCHONS
WAX CARVING DAY 1
I began the sculpting of the wax model on Tuesday, July 22.

The photos in this gallery will begin with the pattern layout on the block of wax and continue through the afternoon's work of cutting out and beginning stages to shape the cross form.

Follow the process with explanations by clicking the first image and moving through the photos using the purple next arrow below the text.
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