This hands-on workshop will guide you in creating a beautiful Tree of Life using your favorite fist-sized rock as a base and wire-wrapped rock chips. You will create either an uplifted tree or a weeping willow. The workshop fee is $50, with an additional $10 for a material kit that you build by selecting wire…

Learn to set a cabochon with prongs by making and fusing a frame, measure and cut prongs you solder onto the frame. Create a bail and solder it onto the frame. Secure the cabochon with the prongs and go home with a new pendant. The silver used is Argentium, a kind of sterling silver but…

Learn to shape and solder silver wire to create a pair of paperclip earrings. This will be done with Argentium Silver round wire, which is a form of Sterling Silver with a higher fine silver content. Bring a butane torch (Creme Brulé torch), needle files, and bail-making pliers (preferably with 8mm and 5mm size tips).…

Get to know the equipment at the club’s lapidary workshop. Use a trim saw to cut the outline for a cabochon. Shape the stone on the grinding wheels and use the Expando wheels to polish it. Use the arbor with a leather wheel to get a high polish. Go home with a cabochon you can…