with Joe Silvera
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
*Join us for a Tea & Coffee Social beginning at 7 p.m.*
Sheraton-Four Points, 1603 Powell, Emeryville
Members free with membership card, Guests $5
Have you ever searched for a special component to add to your jewelry designs and couldn’t
find it anywhere? Have you ever considered having it custom made? Using the technique of
lost wax casting you can create your own custom findings to be replicated over and over. In
fact, most of the jewelry and findings you see for sale in catalogs and shops are cast! Your
designs, too, can be cast in metals like sterling, gold, bronze, etc. Make your own clasps, logo
tags, charms and more. Have them plated or antiqued. And best of all, a wax carver and a
caster can do the work for you, so that you receive bags of your own custom designs,
polished and ready to make into jewelry, delivered to your doorstep.
Joe Silvera, a wax carver, teacher and metalsmith with 20 years of experience, will explain
the lost wax casting process and help you understand the steps to take to have your own
original designs cast for you, from design to finished product.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joe Silvera graduated with a BFA in Metalsmithing with honors from California State University at
Long Beach in 1991 and then apprenticed as a goldsmith, worked as a wax carver for other jewelry
companies and designers, sold his own line of jewelry at shows, galleries and stores, and owns a bead and
yarn shop with his wife, Anat.
His favorite technique is lost wax casting, with which he likes to carve
detailed sculptures of animals and other subjects. Joe is a popular metals teacher, who still teaches to soldout
classes in the Bay Area and Northern California.
His classes provide a thorough foundation in the
fundamental skills of jewelry, mixed with laughter and encouragement.
Check out Joe’s Website for more information: SilveraJewelry.com
