Faceting Apprentice

Congratulations to all our new Faceting Bootcamp graduates. We just finished our first ever two week Faceting Bootcamp Mountain Retreat. This is our standard foundational faceting course, but in a much more interesting setting, up in the Jura Mountains, in the heart and home of French gemcutting. We had a great couple of weeks with this gang, not only cutting stones, but also going to cheese shops, visiting old Gem, cutting factories, and seeing lots and lots of gemcutting history in all the museums around the area. Good luck to you all with all your future faceting adventures

We had a nice adventure this weekend with our students for the Faceting Bootcamp mountain retreat. We visited two gemcutting museums, a gemcutter mural, and a few cheese shops. Fun and delicious!

Tomorrow is the first day of class for our new Faceting Bootcamp Mountain Retreat and we our very excited for our students to see this beautiful location. Two weeks of learning to cut gems, while being surrounded by natural beauty, peace and quiet, and hundreds of year of French gemcutting history in the Jura mountains.

We are excited to be announcing two new one week Faceting classes for 2026.
In our Introduction to Jambpeg Class, you will get an intimate look at how Jambpeg faceting works by cutting two stones on a modern French-made machine.

In our Beyond Basics Workshop, you will cut two stones without any diagrams. You’ll learn how to build a faceting pattern to perfectly match the unique outline shape that you’ll make.

Check out www.facetingapprentice.com for more details