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Learn to Facet with John Bailey



   A prolific faceter and design artist, John Bailey has been featured in both print and television media. He is known for developing and sharing new innovative faceting diagrams; for creating a fast new polishing system; and for promoting the value of high-precision facet cutting.

In July of 2009, John Bailey will hold ONE Boot-Camp-style Faceting class for the beginner to intermediate level faceter who wants to learn fundamental and essential aspects of faceting for fun and profit.

The President recommends education!

"...it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate... So tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. This can be community college or a four-year school; vocational training or an apprenticeship. - President Barack Obama, speaking before Congress, 2/24/09.


2009 Faceting Boot Camp: July 16 - 21

Students will receive OVER FORTY HOURS of classroom instruction in a close, friendly environment (limited to nine students), covering many fundamental aspects of both the craft and the business of faceting.

Course # COURSE TITLE PRICE EARLY
010-1 FACETING MACHINE ORIENTATION  $        71.00  $               56.80
110-1 ROUGH EVALUATION  $      699.00  $             559.20
110-A ROUGH EVALUATION LAB  $      199.00  $             159.20
210-1 GEMSTONE ORIENTATION  $      299.00  $             239.20
310-1 COLD DOPPING METHODS & TOOLS  $      171.00  $             136.80
310-2 HOT DOPPING METHODS & TOOLS  $      171.00  $             136.80
310-A ORIENTATION & COLD DOPPING LAB  $        99.00  $               79.20
310-B HOT DOPPING METHODS & TOOLS LAB  $        71.00  $               56.80
410-1 BEGINNING CUTTING & POLISHING SEQUENCING  $      199.00  $             159.20
410-2 ADVANCED POLISHING & REPAIR CUTTING  $      499.00  $             399.20
410-A BEGINNING CUTTING & POLISHING LAB  $        99.00  $               79.20
410-B INTERMEDIATE CUTTING & POLISHING LAB  $        99.00  $               79.20
510-1 TRAINING THE EYE TO SEE (Quality Control)  $      299.00  $             239.20
610-1 BEGINNING DESIGN & GEOMETRY PLANNING  $      199.00  $             159.20
610-2 ADVANCED GEOMETRY & DESIGN  $      199.00  $             159.20
610-A BEGINNING DESIGN & GEOMETRY PLANNING LAB  $        99.00  $               79.20
710-1 BASIC GEM PHOTOGRAPHY  $      299.00  $             239.20
810-1 THE WELL-FED ARTIST (Getting Paid)  $      399.00  $             319.20
  Purchased individually:   $    4,170.00  $          3,336.00
  Package Discount:   $    2,752.20  $          2,201.76
  Package & Early Registration Discount =   $ 2,201.76


Course details & schedule.

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ONLY NINE SEATS PER CLASS
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FREE Instructional Videos
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You can learn at home - while you prepare for the next Faceting Boot Camp when you subscribe to watch training videos on my Youtube Channel.



Boot Camp DVD Now Available!

If you've wondered how much fun and training a Faceting Boot Camp can be, wonder no more - A DVD compiled from the previous TWO Boot Camp trainings is now available, including more than an hour of detailed, close-up instructional segments. Chapters are titled:

  1. Color Orientation
  2. Preforming
  3. Dopping with CA
  4. Dopping with Wax
  5. Roughing the SRB
  6. Spinning Girdles
  7. Voodoo Charging
  8. Voodoo Polishing
  9. How to See
  10. Troubleshooting
  11. Transferring with CA
  12. Transferring with Wax
  13. Desiree's First Gem
  14. Slideshow
  15. Credits


You can view samples of the DVD here:







Get your own copy of this DVD for only $57.77 - shipping is FREE.

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Photos from the most recent Boot Camp:


Pam, Desiree, Karla, Jeff, and the Coach



Jeff, Karla, and Ray, having a good time



Pam, preforming a stone



Youngest student, Desiree



Karla and Ray



Karla's First Gem - a Demantoid Garnet



The class, digging at Dust Devil



Working at Spectrum Mine as Jessica supervises



Pam, with a handful of Sunstone!



Three students with the Spectrum Mine haul



Karla models double-handful of Spectrum Sunstone

 

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