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Lapidary Guided Studio

Lapidary Guided Studio

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Our lapidary students have been asking for guided studio time on the wheels to practice new skills and get some in-person coaching and help with troubleshooting. We're delighted to offer two such sessions with John Heusler, G.G. during his next visit with us this spring.

This is an opportunity to work directly with John in a small group getting to get help practicing and improving your existing lapidary skills, such as how to work with a specific material to get a better polish. This is not a substitute for private instruction! It's meant to give you some coaching and support while you work through your lapidary process, but it isn't a time to learn brand new skills from scratch.

Use our machines, saws, and dops; you bring all your own materials and rough. We are not set up for slabbing, so anything you bring to cut must be pre-slabbed!

$75 per session

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
Thursday, March 13th, 2025

1:00 - 4:00 pm each day

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About John Heusler

John is a lapidary, gemstone cutter, and a jewelry maker/designer who has been at it for over 53 years! After owning a fine jewelry store for 31 of those years, he retired in 2009, and now sells his self-cut gemstones and jewelry on social media, in galleries, and national juried fine art shows. He teaches classes in gem cutting highlighting techniques like Basics to Advanced, Inlay 101 to Advanced and Gemstone Carving gemstones. John has been featured in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine and has been on the cover 14 times.

Since retiring from his fine jewelry store 14 years ago, he has made it his mission to help others in this industry just as his mentors helped him. His hobbies are too lengthy to list but caring for wild bobcats on his property has proven to be his favorite!

Visit John's Facebook group