Kate Wolf: The Zen of Carving Wax
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Kate Wolf has three loves: carving wax, designing tools, and teaching. All three center around creating wax models for jewelry casting. Today she’s focusing a lot on tool design and developing online workshops to replace the live classes she’s had to suspend but really, really misses. Once she starts working in wax, though, there’s nothing like its state of easy concentration or the wild ride of jewelry design she still finds exciting after more than 40 years. Join host Katie Hacker for their conversation about creativity, tips for working comfortably, customizing tools, and overcoming that sense of being an imposter at work that everyone sometimes feels.
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