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Lapidary
Art

​Interested in hands-on creative crafting?

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Lapidary arts involve cabbing, faceting, and sculpting fossils, minerals, and gemstones into functional, decorative, and wearable creations!  The club’s artists have a few recommendations on where to start...

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Subjects relative to lapidary art:

  • Art
    • Jewelry Crafting
      • Faceting
      • Cabbing
      • Tumbling
      • Carving
      • Engraving
      • Intarsia
      • Inlay Stones
      • Wire Wrapping
      • Stone Setting
      • Wax Molding
      • Metal Casting
    • Architecture
    • Sculpture
    • Stone Masonry
    • Graphic Design
    • Photography
  • History / Literature
    • Archaeology
    • Ancient Civilizations

    • Social Studies

    • World Religion

  • Science

    • Chemistry
    • Earth Sciences
      • Geology

      • Gemology

      • Mineralogy

  • Technology

    • 3D Modeling

    • Cartography

  • Engineering

    • Manufacturing

  • Mathematics

    • Geometry

Key search terms:

  • lapidary art

  • jewelry

  • gemstone

  • faceting

  • cabochon

  • cabbing

  • tumbling

  • carving

  • engraving

  • intarsia

  • inlay stones

  • wire wrapping

  • stone setting

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Tools for creating lapidary art:

  • vise (and/or loupe)

  • scribe (and stencils)

  • dop wax (and stick)

  • saw

  • grinding wheels

  • sanding wheels

  • cabbing machine

  • faceting machine

  • polishing wheel

  • tumbler (with grits)

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Careers involving lapidary art:

  • lapidary artist

  • gemstone facetor

  • diamond facetor

  • jewelry designer

  • bench jeweler

  • fabrication artist

  • sculptor

  • stone mason

  • graphic designer

  • 3D model maker

  • technical staff

  • set designer

  • museum curator

  • teacher

  • salesperson

Resource

Education

Jewelry

Organizations

  • American Gem Society (AGS)

    • “The American Gem Society is the country’s preeminent jewelry trade organization dedicated to consumer protection.”

  • American Gem Trade Association (AGTA)

    • “The AGTA is recognized within the jewelry trade as the authoritative source on natural colored gemstones: “The voice of the natural colored gemstone, pearl and cultured pearl industries.””

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