Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 08/14/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
FACETING III: FROSTED DESIGNS
INSTRUCTOR: TOM MITCHELL
This class is for advanced faceters. Attendees should have cut at least 30 stones, and they must bring their own faceting machine and laps. We will be learning how to accomplish frosted designs. These are designs where some of the facets are purposely not polished. The result is a design that highlights a geometric figure or a picture of an animal, a person, a boat, a cross, a star, a flower, or some other design.
Class Fee: $90
Est Materials Fee: $ 0+
Prerequisite: You must be experienced, and you bring your own faceting machine and laps for this class.
Thomas Mitchell
I have been an amateur geologist since college and have been fascinated by rocks and crystals all my life. Since retiring from a career in fire safety, I have pursued these interests vigorously and over the past several years I have acquired a modest collection of gems rough. I had a few of these pieces faceted by someone else, which turned out to be exorbitantly expensive.
Consequently, I took up faceting at William Holland with Bill Compliment (Faceting 1) and David Corn (Faceting 2). I purchased my first faceting machine, an Ultra Tec V2 Digital, in 2009 after completing Faceting I and upgraded it to the V5 Digital in 2012, and I have never stopped or slowed down with my faceting interests. I am currently the President of the Tomoka Faceters Guild in Central Florida, and I’m two a time Past President of the United States Faceters Guild". I also teach basic geology, gemology, gem and mineral identification and faceting at The Villages Gem and Mineral Society in The Villages, Florida.
Please contact William Holland School of Lapidary Arts if you have any questions.