Mitsuro Hikime (蜜蝋引き目) is an ancient wax technique that creates unique organic forms with natural striations that mimics flowing water, tree bark etc.
In this one day short course you will learn how to make two different recipes for this wax and learn how to create unique ring, pendant and bracelet forms.
This course is open to both DCCI members and members of the public.
Course Overview
- Date: 8th August 2025
- Duration: One day; 10am – 5:30pm
- Last day to apply: 24th July
- Venue: DCCIA School of Jewellery, Sessions House, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, R95 X9Y6
- Number of participants: 7
- Fee: €243.91
Why Attend
- Expand your knowledge of lost wax casting
- Learn a creative and playful approach to working with wax
- This is an opportunity to create unique organic forms in wax giving your work an edge.
- Opportunity to expand your jewellery range for one off and or small batches
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate fluency in creating two recipes for making your own mitsuro hikime wax.
- Ability to use a variety of tools for forming the wax.
- Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Make your own mitsuro hikime recipes adjusting for hardness, brittleness and malleability to achieve the consistency required.
- Demonstrate your skills in a variety of finished waxes in different scales
Who Should Attend
- This course is suitable for hobbyists, designer makers, studio jewellers, professional goldsmiths, jewellers industry bench-workers.
- Learn a Japanese recipe for mitsuro hikime
- Learn an American recipe for mitsuro hikime
- Start working the wax like taffy to achieve the unique striations
- Play and experiment with varying ring forms
- Play and experiment with different pendant/ bracelet forms
- Learn finishing techniques – advice on spruing and casting companies
Know Your Instructor
Sandra Wilson is professor emerita of ecological metal design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design part of the University of Dundee. She works with precious metals recovered from electronic waste and promotes frugal ways of working like keum-boo with increasingly endangered metals such as gold. Her award-winning work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in Crafts Magazine, Metalsmith magazine and a new book by Hole and Corner called Make Well.
Her unique approach to recovering precious metals from electronic waste has also been featured in a BBC Scotland video. Her research practice is supported by various UK research councils, the Daiwa Foundation and the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme of the British Museum. Sandra has taught jewellery & metal design all levels of study at DJCAD part of the University of Dundee for over 20 years.
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