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Take your skills to the next level with Guided Studio Practice for Lapidary!

This is a great opportunity for students to work on independent projects with questions and guidance offered by an instructor.  You can finally finish those projects you have set aside because you have questions on how to proceed or maybe you need a refresher on a particular skill.  Get tips and tricks, advice and encouragement, as well as technical demonstrations during this class.

Details:

• Prerequisite: This class is for students who have completed the Intro to Lapidary class. 
• If minimum enrollment of 3 students has not been met, BARN reserves the right to cancel the class.
• $5 consumables materials fee will be added to class fee when you register.
• Please wear closed-toe shoes. Wear hearing protectors when warranted and safety glasses; bring your own or use BARN's. Tie back long hair. Avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry; roll up sleeves.
  
  
• Students please bring:

1. Any current projects you are working on and want to finish
   
2. Please wear closed-toe shoes. Wear hearing protectors when warranted and safety glasses; bring your own or use BARN's. Tie back long hair. Avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry; roll up sleeves.
   
3. Design questions, cutting or polishing questions
   
4. Your own material to cut or polish
   

Instructor:  Karin Lee Luvaas is a local Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler. With an art degree in encaustics, painting and metal sculpture, Karin has studied under acclaimed jewelry masters Michael Boyd, Kent Raible, Petra Class, and Sarah Graham and achieved Graduate Jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco, California.  Karin is also a GIA certified Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate.

Karin’s current work can be viewed on Instagram @karinluvaas.

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org