Teaching at the William Holland School
Again, I will be teaching at the William Holland school of Lapidary Arts. These are the classes I will be teaching.
Beginner Faceting I – With Bill Roberts
- 3/31/2024-4/5/2024
- 4/7/2024-4/12/2024
Very Advanced Faceting II – Rubies, Sapphire & Topaz
- 4/14/2024-4/19/2024
Advanced Faceting II – Ovals, Pears, Cushions & Antique Cushions
- 5/26/2024-5/31/2024
Also an Advanced Faceting II – Calibrated Stones & Production Runs
- 10/13/2024-10/18/2024
Beginner Faceting I – With Bill Roberts
- 10/20/2024-10/25/2024
- 10/27/2024-11/1/2024
About My Classes
RUBIES, SAPPHIRE & TOPAZ
This course will help develop and expand your faceting skills. You will learn to facet high MOH’s stones. This class is for the more experienced faceter. We will help you continue your skill development. We will use Batt Laps, diamond pastes, and special laps to facet rubies, sapphires, topaz, and alexandrite lab created rough into gems.
OVALS, PEARS, CUSHIONS AND ANTIQUE CUSHIONS
This course will help develop and expand your faceting skills. Additionally, you will learn to facet the more complex meet point designs of ovals, pears, cushions, antique cushion and art stone designs. This class is for more experienced faceters. Consequently, you can continue your skills development with more challenging meet point designs. Faceters will get a kit with my book on faceting ovals, pears, cushions, antique cushion, and art stone designs. We will start with preformed stones in laser gem and quartz to save time. Furthermore, the book will include what makes a good design for these shaped gems from an artistic point of view and current market trends for these gems.
Calibrated Stones & Production Runs
This course will help develop and expand your faceting skills. Additionally, you will learn to facet stones to meet certain sizes for standard Stuller settings. This class is for more experienced faceters. We will continue your skills development. Faceters will get a kit with my book on faceting calibrated stones for standard settings. We will start with preformed stones in laser gem and quartz to save time. The book will include how to facet competition stones, advanced polishing techniques and how to do production runs for matching stones and current market trends for matching gems.
