Making your own Cabochons

Crafting your jewelry is an amazing skill. Making your own cabochons greatly expands the range of colors and patterns found in semi-precious stones that you can incorporate into your creations. This class will expose you to some of the materials, tools and skills needed to create beautiful cabochons.

• Cabbing Machine Basics
• Rough shaping
• Dopping
• Smooth shaping
• Polishing
• Steps involved in making your own cabochon
• Tool testing for the cabbing machine completed

• A range of semi-precious materials for the students to select and practice on.
• Dopping materials
• Access to A2's Jewlery Shop and tools for the duration of the session.

Cabbing Machine

Raul Walker

A rock collector for the last 30 years, Raul recently joined the Artisan’s Asylum community. With an intense passion for finding beauty in semi-precious minerals from around the world he has spent years cutting and polishing stones.

A lapidary artist that searches for patterns and colors hidden in stones he wants to share those skills with the creative artists that come to Artisan’s Asylum.