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Rock Swap and Shop

A free community event for lovers of rocks, gems, and all things lapidary.

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Rock Swap and Shop

Rock Swap and Shop

A free community event for lovers of rocks, gems, and all things lapidary.

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Calling all rock lovers! Join us at BARN for a community-wide swap and shop featuring rocks of all shapes and sizes. 

SHOP: Peruse vendor tables where artists and rockhounds trade or sell rough rock, slabs, cabs, minerals, fossils, lapidary supplies, tools, and other rock-related items. Lion Punch Forge will also be joining us!

SWAP: If you have cool rocks you’d like to give away to other enthusiasts, bring them downstairs to the Community Swap Table to share! While you’re there, pick up something interesting to take home with you or give to another cool rock lover in your life.

Details

  • Free, but registration is required. Check in at the door to get your wristband. You’ll need it to enter the Great Room and see the live demos.
  • Take a break from shopping and swapping to join live lapidary demonstrations in the Jewelry & Fine Metals Studio. This is your chance to get a sneak peek at how to transform rough stones into pieces of art or jewelry. Between demos, take a mini tour of the studio, and shop for tools.
    • 11 - 11:15 AM: Rock cutting and shaping demo.
    • 11:45 AM - 12 PM: Rock cutting and shaping demo.
    • 12:30 - 12:45 PM: Rock cutting and shaping demo.
  •  Event Schedule
    • The Great Room: 10 AM - 1 PM. Swap and shop the vendor tables.
    • The Commons: 10 AM - 1 PM. Community swap table.
    • Jewelry & Fine Metals Studio: Live demos 11 AM - 12:45 PM

Vendor Application: 

Vendor Applications are closed! If you'd like to join the stand-by list, please email lizw@bainbridgebarn.org.

Event Policies

  • Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
  • Children attending live demos must wear safety glasses and hearing protection when directed, and must not touch equipment.
  • Safety glasses and hearing protection are provided for all live demo attendees, and using them is required.
  • No pets, please. If you plan to bring your registered service animal, just let us know in the "Accommodations" section when you register.


Jewelry & Fine Metals Programming Coordinator
+1 206-842-4475 jewelry.programming@bainbridgebarn.org
Instructor
Karin Luvaas

Karin Luvaas is a Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler with a degree in encaustics, painting, and metal sculpture. She has studied under numerous jewelry masters including Blaine Lewis, founder of New Approach School for Jewelers in Tennessee, and achieved graduate jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world-renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco. Karin also is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate. Her current work can be seen at karinluvaas.com

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