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This two-session class introduces you to different types of intermediate cutting styles and gets you more time on the wheels perfecting your cabochons!

Learn how to cut and polish stones in new ways. Points, facets, flat surfaces, and integrating natural stone surfaces are covered.

All base materials are provided. You are welcome to bring any stones of your own that you have questions about or want to try cutting.

• Level: Beginner/Intermediate
• Prerequisite: Intro to Lapidary: Cutting and Carving Stones. We have a class on Dec. 6 and 8.
• We will take one 15-30 minute break if you want to bring food/snacks. BARN has a refrigerator on the lower level to store your lunch.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. Please learn about BARN's Companion Program here for those who might need physical assistance here.

Instructor:  

Karin Luvaas is a Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler with an art degree in encaustics, painting and metal sculpture. She has studied under acclaimed jewelry masters Michael Boyd, Kent Raible, Petra Class, and Sarah Graham and achieved Graduate Jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world-renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco, Calif. Karin also is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate.

Karin’s current work can be viewed at karinluvaas.com

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org