Jewelry question…what is the difference from hard carving wax and soft wax?
i have to make designs 15 designs for casting jewelry…5 soft, 5 hard wax, and 5 mix………i dont know what to draw for any of them…help?
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Hard carving wax is intended to be worked with rasps, chisels, and rotary tools with the goal of having very crisp edges and fine details. Soft wax is better for producing organic shapes that are pushed and pulled to shape by fingers and wood and metal edge tools. Although this is somewhat limiting, I would expect hard wax to produce a result more like art deco or a finely sculpted face or mechanical object while soft wax might do hair, skin, fur, and perhaps scales.