5600. Lapidary - Cabochon

5600. Lapidary - Cabochon

Class - Lapidary | This class is completed

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Glass Studio - 208

Beginner and beyond

2/5/2020-2/26/2020

6:30 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Wed

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$200.00

$180.00

A cabochon is a gemstone which has been shaped and polished as opposed to faceted. Learn the basics creating cabochons including stone selection, proper use of a trim saw, dopping, and grinding/polishing on a cabbing machine. Class size limited to 4 students, each having their own machine to use. Begin with oval and work toward freeform styles. You’ll create one or more finished cabochons and learn how to use, care for and clean the equipment, and discuss some options for using your creations in jewelry, such as wire wrapping and bezel setting. This will be a great course to repeat. Basic materials included in the fee. (age 16 to adult)

Whicker, Charles

Mr. Whicker became interested in minerals and gem stones as a young teenager. He was fortunate to visit some famous North Carolina collecting sites, such as the Adams Farm in Hiddenite, and the Crabtree and Wiseman Mines near Spruce Pine in the late 60’s. He acquired his first cabbing machine in 1970. After 35 years in the construction and surveying industries, Mr. Whicker retired in 2013. Since then he has devoted much of his time to mineral collecting and lapidary work. He is the current vice president of the Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club in Winston Salem and a member of the M.A.G.M.A. club in Asheville. He very much enjoys sharing his knowledge of the lapidary arts with the students of Sawtooth.