5760. Taste of Art XL - Lapidary (Stone Cutting/Polishing)
Taste of Art - Lapidary | Available
Try this Lapidary Taste of Art XL that meets Friday evening from 6-8PM AND Saturday morning 10AM-12PM. You'll experience the magic of turning a stone into a polished gem! We'll have lots of choices of stone to use, and Charlie will guide you through using the CabKing Cabbing Machine to shape and polish your cabochons. No experience necessary. All materials included. Just 4 seats available so sign up early! Available to ages 14+.
Watch this fun short video made in Sawtooth's studio by Lapidary instructor Charles Whicker. You'll see a cabochon made from start to finish!
Sawtooth thanks the Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club for their establishment of a scholarship to support students wishing to attend courses in lapidary arts at Sawtooth. The Forsyth Gem and Mineral Club (Paul Burton and Dick Hartz) Lapidary Arts Scholarship is available annually. Interested students should apply using the online form here.
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Charles Whicker
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.