Faceting III: Frosted Designs - Tom Mitchell

Faceting III: Frosted Designs - Tom Mitchell

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9/8/2024-9/13/2024

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$200.00

$15.00

FACETING III: FROSTED DESIGNS

INSTRUCTOR: TOM MITCHELL

 

This class is for advanced faceters. Attendees should have cut at least 30 stones, and they must bring their own faceting machine and laps. We will be learning how to accomplish frosted designs. These are designs where some of the facets are purposely not polished. The result is a design that highlights a geometric figure or a picture of an animal, a person, a boat, a cross, a star, a flower, or some other design.

 

Class Fee: $65

Est Materials Fee: $ 0+

Consumables Fee: $15 (applied to WH account)

Prerequisite: You must be experienced, and you bring your own faceting machine and laps for this class.


Mitchell, Thomas

I have been an amateur geologist since college and have been fascinated by rocks and crystals all my life. Since retiring from a career in fire safety, I have pursued these interests vigorously and over the past several years I have acquired a modest collection of gems rough. I had a few of these pieces faceted by someone else, which turned out to be exorbitantly expensive. Consequently, I took up faceting at William Holland with Bill Compliment (Faceting 1) and David Corn (Faceting 2). I purchased my first faceting machine, an Ultra Tec V2 Digital, in 2009 after completing Faceting I and upgraded it to the V5 Digital in 2012, and I have never stopped or slowed down with my faceting interests. I am currently the President of the Tomoka Faceters Guild in Central Florida, and I’m two a time Past President of the United States Faceters Guild". I also teach basic geology, gemology, gem and mineral identification and faceting at The Villages Gem and Mineral Society in The Villages, Florida.