Lapidary-Tutorials

Advanced Silversmithing Tutorials Advanced tutorials. Make a soldered basket setting for a faceted stone, a round bezel setting, a bangle with titanium inlay or a vulcanised rubber mold.
Basic Silversmithing A short introduction to basic silversmithing, including tools, techniques and tips.
Bezel Setting Tutorial Make your own bezel-set ring or other piece of jewelry following this tutorial.
Bob's Rock Shop - Cabochon Making 101 Cabbing with Tucson's Old Pueblo Lapidary Club.
Creating A Beaded Bezel Cabochon A beginner to intermediate seed bead project.
Fabulous Faux Looks In Polymer Clay PDF on creating fantastic fake gemstones with polymer clay. Worth a look!
Faux Opal Polymer Clay Cabochon Make a polymer clay cabochon which looks like an opal.
Freeform Gem Carving A demonstration of technique in creating freeform gem carving.
Grinding With A Flat Lapidary Grinder A tutorial on using a faceting machine to cut a rock surface in one facet with a small flat lapidary grinder.
How To Bend Tubing Great tutorial on bending tubing to create a beautiful design around your cabochon pendants. Very effective.
How To Make A Silver Ring A great project to learn basic silversmithing skills such as annealing, soldering and forming with a mandrel.
How To Make Polymer Clay Cabochons A good beginner's tutorial on making polymer clay cabochons.
How To Make Resin Cabochons A tutorial on how to make resin cabochons - very versatile and great for when rocks just aren't available!
How To Wirewrap Faceted Stones Stunning tutorial on wirewrapping for advanced wirewrappers.
Resin Tutorials A list of instructional videos on working with resin to make cabochons etc.
Silver Smithing Tips & Tricks Lots of handy tutorials for silversmithing tips and tricks.
Slabs To Cabs - How to Make Lapidary Cabochons Creating beautiful, polished cabochons from slabbed rock is a rewarding process that (with a bit of practice) anyone can master. This guide will help you work through all of the steps required. You will need the user guides included with indicated machines for basic assembly and general operating instructions.
Wire Wrap A Rectangular Pendant Want to know how to wire wrap? A little tutorial in wire wrapping a rectangular cabochon.
Wire Wrapped Cabochon Tutorial A nice tutorial on wirewrapping a cabochon. By Tumbleweed Glass Studio.
Wire Wrapping A Cabochon A tutorial on wire wrapping a cabochon.
Wire Wrapping Tutorials A list of wire wrapping tutorials.