CraftED: Lost Wax Casting Bronze Pendants with Anastasia Pindera
Workshop Description:
In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of lost wax casting including wax carving, casting, and metal finishing methods. These skills will be applied to the creation of a bronze pendant which will be attached to a chain to create a piece of jewellery.
This workshop takes place over two sessions. In the first session, participants will carve their pendant, which will then be taken to be cast in metal. In the second session, the focus will be on sanding and polishing the metal pendant, attaching a jump ring and chain.
About the Instructor:
Anastasia Pindera (she/her) is an interdisciplinary visual artist, who mainly creates conceptual jewellery, and large-scale wearable objects that evolve into installations incorporating photography. The body is central to her metalwork, which challenges social conventions to inspire conversation and empowerment. Pindera earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2018, specializing in Jewellery and Metalsmithing. Pindera has exhibited her work internationally, and received awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, and Arts Nova Scotia. Her practice has also been supported through arts residencies in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Canada. Pindera discovered a passion for teaching while leading drop-in visual arts programs in Winnipeg’s inner city – an experience that led her to pursue a Bachelor of Education at the University of Winnipeg.
Accessibility Information about the space: 329 Cumberland has wheelchair access around the right side of the building. The C2 Centre has gender neutral family washrooms.
Workshop Runs:
January 20th, 2026 | 6-10 pm
February 10th, 2026 | 7-9 pm
In-person at the C2 Centre for Craft
Registration: $210 (registration is non-refundable)
Includes: carving wax, bronze casting, jump ring and chain as well as the casting process and tools. Each participant will get to keep their tools at the end of the workshop!
Tools include: a saw frame and blades, a bench pin, carving tools, sanding sticks and polishing materials, files and an alcohol lamp and wicks.
Registration deadline: January 7th, 2024
Register Online:
Register through the form below! Once your registration form has been submitted stay on this page, as you will be redirected to a form for payment for the workshop which will complete your registration.
