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Cabochon 101 (Jan 20, 2024)
January 20, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$60.00 – $75.00
Date: Saturday, January 20th, from 3 PM to 7 PM
Cost: Member Cost: $60.00; Non-Member Cost: $75.00
Location: Center Classroom and Lapidary Shop
Instructor: Taught by Sharon Halton, Shop Manager
Description: This class includes a discussion of how to create cabochons and examples of cabs in various stages of development. Sharon will provide each student with a pre-cut, preformed, and dopped cabochon to shape, while their chosen slab is curing from the dopping process. Students will select a slab and shown how to use a template to outline the cab shape and use the the trim saw to roughly shape the cabochon outline. Students will roughly outline their slab and dop it. Each student will leave with 2-cabochons and the knowledge to finish them, if they have not completed them in class. Students will learn the best way to use the equipment in the Lapidary Shop so that they can work semi-independently and confidently in the shop afterwards with oversight from Shop Managers. This class is highly recommended for those wishing to utilize the Lapidary Shop.
Misc.: Minimum of 3-students; Maximum of 5-students; Students must be 16 years +
