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Gem Cutters Workshop
Meadow Mill at Woodberry
PREREQUISITE: Beginning Cabochon/Intro to Lapidary Cutting Class completed. No exceptions. Please do not register if you have not taken the Guild’s Intro to Lapidary course. Please contact classes@gemcuttersguild.com if you have any questions.
Learn how to do basic intarsia. Intarsia is the art of cutting stones and gluing them together to create new designs. It is a way of taking some simple stones and creating a dramatic one of a kind piece. You will design your own square or rectangular piece and one triangular piece. You will create, glue and grind and polish two pieces ready to mount or display.
Prerequisite: Basic Jewelry Soldering or equivalent experience. You must know how to solder with a torch to take this course.
Do you have some cabochons that you want to show off and don‘t want a bezel or a wire wrap covering any of the stone? The prong setting is another option for securing your stone so that you can show it off to the world. A prong setting is a common and adaptable stone setting technique that is easy to learn and apply to your jewelry making. In this class students will make a prong set cabochon pendant.
Students need to bring their own cabochons. 17mm to 35mm cabochons work well. Students can have round, oval or sharp edged cabochons (such as square, diamond shape etc.) If you do not have any cabochons, you may be able to purchase from other guild members or from companies such as Rio Grande on line. Magnifying headgear (e.g.: Optivisor) is strongly recommended.
Materials Fee: $90 (Sterling) $10 (Copper)
Materials Fee Includes: 2x3 piece of 20 gauge dead soft silver sheet and silver wire as needed and a prong setting burnisher.
This class is an introduction to the basics of cutting and polishing gemstone cabochons
This class is an introduction to the basics of cutting and polishing gemstone cabochons
Prerequisite: Basic Jewelry Soldering or equivalent. In this class, students will work with sterling silver and fine silver to create a pendant for a round or oval cabochon to be used for a necklace. Students must provide their own cabochons. Cabochons should be approximately 17mm to about 35mm. Larger and smaller cabochons will give you more problems. Recommend that you have at least 2 cabochons. If you do not have any cabs you may purchase them from other members of the guild or from Rio Grande or other source on the internet. Please purchase your cabs early enough. Students are expected to have their own hard and soft solder. It is best to have your own tweezers, pick and flux, but the shop does have these.
Materials Fee: $96 (Sterling), $16 (Copper)
Materials Fee Includes: 2 x 3" piece of 20 gauge dead soft sterling sheet silver/copper, 15" of fine silver bezel wire, and a bezel burnisher to add to their personal kit.