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Intro to Lapidary

Experience Lapidary with us and watch a rock turn into a beautiful stone from your hands!

Description

Starting from a slab, use our saws and lapidary machines to learn how to make a cabochon shape you commonly see in handmade jewelry. Next, we cover cutting, shaping, and polishing to produce a finished stone. This class is excellent to take before our metalsmithing class so that you can make a piece literally from start to finish!

Skills:

  • Make a polished cabochon stone
  • Introduction to lapidary equipment
  • Basic knowledge of non-precious stones
  • Leave with 1 to 2 completed cabochons

Materials: Bring your rocks (apple-sized or smaller), or we have some slabs available for purchase, from dinosaur bone to jasper! Headphones recommended. Prerequisites - No experience necessary. Great for beginners. Here is a tip, this is a fun class to take with friends and family (limit of 3 people)! Class time includes the use of tools and equipment related to the techniques.

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