Making Your Own Cabochons

Class Description

Crafting your jewelry is an amazing skill. Making your own cabochons greatly expands the range of colors and patterns found in semi-precious stones that you can incorporate into your creations. This class will expose you to some of the materials, tools and skills needed to create beautiful cabochons.

The materials fee for this class is $25. This is separate from the ticket price and is to reimburse the instructor for any tools or materials used in this class. This will be paid once, directly to the instructor at the start of the first class meeting. This instructor accepts Venmo.

*This class includes Tool Testing on the following tools:

Cabbing Machine

Learning Objectives

• Cabbing Machine Basics
• Rough shaping
• Dopping
• Smooth shaping
• Polishing
• Steps involved in making your own cabochon
• Tool testing for the cabbing machine completed

Instructor - Raul Walker (IG: @radiantrocksct)

Raul Walker

A rock collector for the last 30 years, Raul recently joined the Artisan’s Asylum community. With an intense passion for finding beauty in semi-precious minerals from around the world he has spent years cutting and polishing stones.

A lapidary artist that searches for patterns and colors hidden in stones he wants to share those skills with the creative artists that come to Artisan’s Asylum.

Your Ticket Includes

• A range of semi-precious materials for the students to select and practice on.
• Dopping materials
• Access to A2's Jewlery Shop and tools for the duration of the session.

Class Policies

Attire: Attendants should wear close-toed slip-resistant shoes (steel-toe work boots are ideal), long pants, and no loose-fitting clothing that could possibly get caught in machinery. Make sure to wear only natural fibers (i.e., cotton, wool, linen, etc) and bring reading glasses if needed for detailed work.

Learn more about our class and ticket cancelation policies Here.

Please email education@artisansasylum.com with any questions.

*Sales end 24 hours before the start of the class to allow the instructor and staff time to prep.