Wax Carving (All Levels)

Instructors: Susan Barth, Michele Berman, Borislav Goynatsky

Supply List for Susan Barth:

• E-xacto Knife Handle
• Dividers 3” length
• Grobet Double Ended Wax File 8"
• Small File Cleaning Brush
• Spring Gauge
• Euro Needle File Set - Cut 0
• Double Battery Matte Wax Pen with four extra AA Batteries
• 1 each: 1” firm felt square edge buff and Knife Edge Buff
• Assorted Green Carving Wax Slabs ( 3" squares )
• 1 Flat Top Green Wax Ring Tube - largest size
• Soft Bristle Toothbrush

Tools for Susan Barth’s class should be purchased at one of the following places:

Zak Jewelry Tools 37 W. 46th St, 5th Fl. 212.768.8122
Uptown Material House 71 West 47th St, FL8, 212.719.4469
Alcraft 135 W 29th St #205, 212.279.7077
Online at: https://www.riogrande.com

Supply List for Borislav Goynatsky:

• Assorted wax sheets and ring tube, purple or green
• Wax saw blades no.3
• Wax file (VUL) 10” long
• Equaling, crossing,barrette and tapered round needle files 12”” long O cut Swiss or German or Grobet made
• Ball burs no.25, 35, 50, 65 regular by Bush, high speed steel cylinder diagonal cross cut medium 6-7 mm diameter bur just one
• X-Acto knife with assorted blades
• Divider ( smallest)
• Spring gauge
• Paper based sandpaper 320 and 400 grit one sheet of each

Supply List for Michele Berman:

• One dozen spiral wax saw blades (medium or coarse grade)
• Dividers (3” length)
• Steel scribe
• 10mm steel degree gauge
• 6” steel millimeter ruler
• Steel or brass wire brush
• One 1-1/2” hard felt buff (knife edge)
• One 1-1/4” soft felt buff (square edge)
• Standard jeweler's saw frame (4” depth)
• Soft toothbrush
• Steel 3” square (90° angle)
• Super fine steel wool (#0000)
• Tracing paper
• High temp. Speedy wax pen (2 batteries)
• Tweezers
• Files:
  • *Glardon Vallorbe double ended wax file (8-5/8” length)
    • Please note that Glardon Vallorbe files are the best
  • One barrette needle file, #0 or #00, & #2 (7-7/8” length)
  • One half round needle file, #0 or #00 (7-7/8” length)
• Wax:
  • Ferris DSS-1 assorted green or blue wax slabs (3 & 9/16” squares)

Suggested Suppliers

Note: Many suppliers are not open on the weekends, please call ahead for hours.

Allcraft Tool & Supply, 135 West 29th Street, 212.279.7077 (metal, tools, solder)
Metalliferous, online only https://www.metalliferous.com (tools)
Myron Toback, 545 5th Ave #1000, New York, NY 10017 212.398.8300 (metal, solders)
Rio Grande Catalog (for tools, metal and stones) 800.545.6566, http://www.riogrande.com
Dikra Gems, 56 West 45th Street, suite 1005, 212.869.6332 (for stones)
R Gems, 48 West 48th Street, suite 210, 212.302.3388 (for stones)

Student Guidelines & Studio Rules

Studios are open 15 min before the start of class.

Do not enter any studio without your instructor present.

Do not enter a studio until the previous class has ended and all the participants have left the room and your instructor is present.

Students must leave the studios after their class is over.

Do not use any tool that you are unfamiliar with as it could permanently damage the tool particularly hammers.

Only use hammers that you are familiar with like a “hardware hammer” if it doesn’t look familiar don’t use it you will ruin it.

Exhaust fans must be turned on when torches are being used or any materials is being melted.

Please wear close toed shoes while in the studios.

Tools & Torches are coded with six different colors which denote the studios they belong in and their use;
Light Blue: Instructor Box, not for student use
Blue: S353
Yellow:S355
Red: S352
Orange: S350
Green: children’s classes

If you borrow a tool from another room return it at the end of class time.

Library books are for reference only please return them in their proper order.

Students are responsible for cleaning the space they have used including the soldering station and bricks and returning tools at the end of class.

This is a communal studio please help us make your time here productive by following the above guidelines.