Amanda Hunt - May 1, 2018

ON PROCESS:
How I make - Part 1

Here’s a little story from a messy little workshop!

About half of the jewelry I create is made like this....An original design is born out of wax...carved or formed by hand by me. I use lots of different kinds of wax...soft, hard, melted...They all produce different effects in the final piece.

Then comes the casting...I am a trained caster and I did all my own casting for many years. But as my business grew I needed help! Now days I take my original carvings to the best one woman caster round these parts, Jena Hounshell. A great woman, master caster, and friend. She casts my waxes in metal and makes a mold for me of the originals. (Another thing I used to do all by myself, but a girl needs HELP sometimes...).  With the mold, I can make more of my original designs (and share ‘em with you!).

After casting, these raw pieces of beautiful metal are back in my hands and I spend many hours de-spruing and smoothing out these pieces of lovely metal and transform them into jewels for your fingers/wrists/necks and earlobes. Soldering, setting stones, and polishing with all my love and passion.

This is my soul, my love and life. I do a lot but I can’t do it all alone and I’m proud of the mutual support I share with some of the women who make my business possible.

Check out PART 2, the other side of my business, the one if a kinds...