Intro to Wax Carving Pendant Workshop with Jen Salta | Wednesdays 6-9pm | 1/8-1/22 | Spring 2025
Jewelry | Available
Learn the art of wax carving during this two-part beginner class. Lead by designer and model maker Jennifer Salta. This class is structured toward true beginners and is project based. Each student will leave the course with a finished pendant! Spending the first class working in wax and the second finishing up their piece in metal!
Students will choose from a variety of 3d knot designs to explore and clean the ins and outs of wax carving. This class is designed to help you start thinking in 3d and help bring depth and movement to your carvings.
- $20 materials fee payable to instructor covers all materials.
Jen Salta
Jennifer Salta is an artist and craftsperson. Jen a manufacturer and designer who has worked in every side of the jewelry industry. For the last decade, Jen has learned the ins and outs of product development and private label processes. Jen has designed and created jewelry, hair pieces, and home goods for many large well-known companies. Collaborating with these types of companies reinforced Jen’s passion for handcrafted pieces and taking concepts from paper to product.
In 2013, Jen landed a job in an American factory in New York, where she worked as Assistant to the Head Designer, and was able to use her skills hands-on, doing wax-carving, casting, model building, mold-marking and plating.
Jen then began her teaching career teaching workshops in all levels for jewelry design. Her philosophy has always been community over competition, and sends students home excited to create more!