5603. Turquoise Cabbing

5603. Turquoise Cabbing

Class - Lapidary | This class is completed

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

Glass Studio - 208

All levels

5/15/2020-6/5/2020

9:30 AM-1:00 PM EDT on Fri

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$245.00

$220.50

Learn the special touch that turquoise takes to coax the beauty from this popular stone. You’ll use slabs, design and trim the shape and use a cabbing machine to shape and polish beautiful turquoise cabs. Learn when and how to use backing material and explore several different shape cuts during this course, concentrating on non-calibrated and freeform shapes. CabKing cabbing machines are used, and the class is limited to four students, one for each machine. All levels. No experience required. Some turquoise rough material is included in the course fee. Other material is available for purchase.

Sharp, Ashley

Ashley has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from East Carolina University in 2005 as well as a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University in 2010. Opting for the entrepreneurial life to raise her children and work from home, she has been a metalsmith since 2009 with a focus in precious metal clay and sterling silver jewelry. Turquoise has become a big focus in her work as the stone has had a resurgence in popularity. She has an in-home lapidary and metalsmithing studio where she works full time and sells her work at art shows across the Piedmont.