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Art of wax : a guide to carving and modelling with wax / Elsa Tierney with Sarah Davis and Robert Worley.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : ArtMatter, 2023Description: xii, 257 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781739548407
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Contents:
Carving and modelling wax / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Designing and carving a ring in Ferris green hard wax
Maquette making for sculpture / Sarah Davis -- IN PRACTICE: The sculpting process
Sheet wax sculpture / Robert Worley -- IN PRACTICE: Modelling a figure with sheet wax
Mitsuro Hikime / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Making Mitsuro ; Working with Mitsuro wax to create Hikime lines
Alchemy / Elsa Tierney and Robert Worley -- IN PRACTICE: Painting a ring with wax ; Dripping wax ; Modelling with multiples ; Wax dipping ; Recycling hard wax
Carving the signet ring / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Carving a signet ring ; The lost wax casting process
Wax as art form
Summary: One of the oldest mediums for making art, wax takes on a variety of forms and characteristics and its accessibility has made it a popular material to work with in art and jewellery making. Art of Wax focuses on the material itself, breaking boundaries between different sculptural art practices to inform and inspire creative ways of working. With demonstrations, technical guidance and references to artisans who have used wax across cultures throughout history, it is a celebration of wax and the wonderful results it can produce.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Pink 731.42 TIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 13059

Inlcudes bibliographical references (p.250) and index.

Carving and modelling wax / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Designing and carving a ring in Ferris green hard wax

Maquette making for sculpture / Sarah Davis -- IN PRACTICE: The sculpting process

Sheet wax sculpture / Robert Worley -- IN PRACTICE: Modelling a figure with sheet wax

Mitsuro Hikime / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Making Mitsuro ; Working with Mitsuro wax to create Hikime lines

Alchemy / Elsa Tierney and Robert Worley -- IN PRACTICE: Painting a ring with wax ; Dripping wax ; Modelling with multiples ; Wax dipping ; Recycling hard wax

Carving the signet ring / Elsa Tierney -- IN PRACTICE: Carving a signet ring ; The lost wax casting process

Wax as art form

One of the oldest mediums for making art, wax takes on a variety of forms and characteristics and its accessibility has made it a popular material to work with in art and jewellery making. Art of Wax focuses on the material itself, breaking boundaries between different sculptural art practices to inform and inspire creative ways of working. With demonstrations, technical guidance and references to artisans who have used wax across cultures throughout history, it is a celebration of wax and the wonderful results it can produce.