Tag: lapidary art
Making a Cabochon Teardrop Template
Making a cabochon often involves making a template. When making the modified teardrop-shaped cab, I realized this shape has multiple uses. When looking to...
What to Do With a Cabochon Template
What to do with a cabochon template is a common question. If you’ve been making cabs for a while, you probably have quite a...
Lapidary Safety Tips
Lapidary safety tips should be followed before a grinding machine is turned on and used. It’s important to know what is being cut and...
How to Start Gem Cutting
How to start gem cutting is something many ask. Luckily, lapidary artists have been around since humans walked the Earth and the field continues...
From Tooth Jewelry Dentist to Jeweler?
From tooth jewelry dentist to jeweler? It may seem like quite a career shift, but dentists often make great jewelers because they have the...
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, just west of downtown Chicago, is a dazzling rock and gem resource. Since its founding in 1962, it...
Want To Be a Lapidarist? Here’s How!
Thinking of taking your rock collection to the next level? Have a desire to work as a lapidarist for your own business or for...
Chance Encounter Leads to Gemstone Carving Joy
Trisha Joy
Gemstone carver
(Ms. Joy is an artist featured in the Tools of the Trade profile sponsored by Cutting Edge Supply Co.)
Sometimes a single item,...
Oregon Thundereggs
By Antoinette Rahn
One look at the inside of a thunderegg, and it’s easy to understand the wild interest in these rocks with agate-filled nodules....
Business Spotlight: Blue Stone Gems
By Antoinette Rahn
In north-central Colorado, situated along the foothills of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains, is the community of Loveland, which...
