Club Activity

The August 24th workshop was another great work and learning opportunity for 13 faceters. Jim gave us a quick demo of his approach for transferring a stone from dop to another. Also, everyone received at least one door prize and there were many for sale items as well. One person completed a gem between the last workshop and this workshop. His beautiful work is shown below in the photos. I also decided to take pictures of some of our work in progress – see photos below. Finally, our President, George, made a video of the room while we were working; click here to view the video. Thanks to all who attended and our instructors who help guide us along.

The date for the September member meeting has been changed.  The meeting is now 15 SEPT at 6:00 to 8:00PM, at the Baca Center.

We are planning a show-tell of your latest Master Gems. If your Gems are a special cut, please bring a copy of the diagram. There will be several door prizes for the lucky members.

PLEASE RSVP to George, by email or phone call, as it would be helpful to know how many members are coming.

North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center

7521 Carmel NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113

http://www.cabq.gov/seniors/senior-multigenerational-centers/north-domingo-baca-multigenerational-center

The next NMFG faceting workshop will be Sunday, 24 August 2025, at the Placitas Community Library, 453 Hwy 165, Placitas 87043, with set up starting at 8:30 and the workshop running from 9 AM to 3 PM.  We’ll follow the usual format of spending most of the time at your machines.  Instructors will be available to assist anyone needing help.  The cost is $15.00 per person to cover the cost of materials, lunch, and part of the cost for the use of the library. Please RSVP ONLY IF YOU ARE COMING by Thursday, August 21st  so we can do the necessary planning. 

Very important:  If you do not have a machine and want to come to the workshop you must let  George know ASAP because there are only two available faceting machines, and instructors are limited.

Parking is in the gravel lot to the West side of the building.  You will enter the meeting room from the parking lot. You will be able to dump the wastewater in the dirt past the North end of the parking lot. There is a kitchen type setup where you will be able to get water.

Directions to the Placitas Community Library:  Go North on I-25 to exit 242.  Exit and go East 4.3 miles and you will see a Green and White sign pointing to the library.

RSVP to George and call or email him if you have any questions. For any non-member interested in attending, please complete the Contact Form on this website.

We had 16 people in attendance for our meeting on July 8. Scott Sucher gave us a presentation on Gemstone Polishing Considerations. Scott covered the basics, including lap and grit considerations, then went into tips and tricks to use for difficult or troublesome polishing situations. Following the presentation, Andy led a show and tell of recently completed gems that attendees brought to the meeting. We wrapped up with door prizes for the lucky winners.

We filled the room during the June workshop. There was not a single seat open. We had one gem completed during this workshop – Deon’s first, see picture below. There were door prizes, and everyone walked away with a prize.

The next NMFG faceting workshop will be Sunday, 22 June 2025, at the Placitas Community Library, 453 Hwy 165, Placitas 87043, with set up starting at 8:30 AM and 9 AM to 3 PM for the workshop.  We’ll follow the usual format of spending most of the time at your machines.  Instructors will be available to assist anyone needing help.  The cost is $15.00 per person to cover the cost of materials, lunch, and part of the cost for the use of the library. Please RSVP ONLY IF YOU ARE COMING by Thursday, JUNE 19TH  so we can do the necessary planning. 

Very important:  If you do not have a machine and want to come to the workshop you must let me know ASAP because there are only two available faceting machines, and instructors are limited.

Parking is in the gravel lot to the West side of the building.  You will enter the meeting room from the parking lot. You will be able to dump the wastewater in the dirt past the North end of the parking lot. There is a kitchen type setup where you will be able to get water.

Directions to the Placitas Community Library:  Go North on I-25 to exit 242.  Exit and go East 4.3 miles and you will see a Green and White sign pointing to the library.

Members, if you have questions or to RSVP, call or email George. Anyone else who is interested in attending, please use our Contact Form to get in touch with us.

We filled the workshop room with 15 people all busy faceting. A lot of work was accomplished. We had one completed gem from the previous workshop and one gem that was completed at this workshop. There were door prizes for most everyone present. Andy also had some great handouts for us.

Our NMFG members supported AGMC’s annual TotE show again in 2025. The show was popular as always and another great success. NMFG members  were present for the entire show. During the entire show, NMFG members demonstrated faceting and answered questions from visitors. Below are a few photos from the show.