Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 07/17/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 09/25/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
In this class we will refine your cabbing skills on freeform and calibrated cabochons. We will be cutting shapes beyond a Cabochon I class. The first two days will be spent cutting cabochons.
The rest of the week we will prepare and put Sterling Silver channel wire on the cabs making finished jewelry. This will be done using a Low Temp solder in a process called Bevel Mounting.
We will make trios (pendant and matching earrings) and single pendants. In this process we will be using Butane torches to solder the Sterling Silver and SS bails in place. If you have slabs you would like to use, up to 6, bring them with you. Slabs and Cabochons will be available to purchase. OptiVisors and Safety glasses are suggested. Close-toed shoes are required.
The Class Fee includes; handouts, Sterling Silver and all consumables needed for your first two projects which will be a pendant and a trio (pendant and earrings). The school will provide some tools, but if you feel comfortable, you can bring your own. Tools needed will be flush cutters, round nose and chain nose pliers. Also, if you have duck bill pliers, you may want to bring them. Additional Sterling Silver and SS bails will be available, and cost will be determined by metal current market prices.
Class Fee: $175.00
Est Materials Fee: $100-$300
Prerequisite: Cabochons I
Larry is from Alabama. He retired as a supervisor for Bellsouth in 1997 and Averitt Trucking in 2010. His interest in rocks started from watching a show on gem mining in North Carolina. Larry joined the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society (AMLS) in 2007. His first experience with cabbing was with AMLS member Steve Adams. In 2009 he started taking classes at William Holland. Larry has taken classes in cabochon I and II, opal I, casting, silver I and silver II. He uses a technique taught to him by a fellow AMLS member to put silver around his cabochons and does presentations to lapidary clubs on this technique. He sells his jewelry at juried arts and crafts festivals in Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Please contact William Holland School of Lapidary Arts if you have any questions.