Past Talks
Recounting all the lectures I’ve given
2023
Nov 6/7, 2023 — Science of Gemcutting & Faceting History Walking Tour, Gem-A Conference, London
July 27, 2023 — Faceting Symposium, Franklin NC — How the Other Side Cuts
Feb 4, 2023 — Faceting Demo, Alfie Norville Gem Museum, Tucson, AZ
Feb 2, 2023 — The History of Gemstone, Software Design documentary premiere, Faceting Symposium, Tucson
Feb 2, 2023 — Recutting demo and talk, Faceting Symposium, Tucson
Jan 31, 2023 — Rosecut faceting demo, Alfie Norville Gem Museum, Tucson
Jan 29, 2023 National Association of Jewelry Appraisers Conference, Tucson
Jan 12, 2023 — Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society, Fallbrook, CA
Jan 11, 2023 — Gemological Association of America Library, Carlsbad CA
2022
Dec 5 2022 — San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, San Diego, CA
Nov 30, 2022 — Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, CA
November 3, 2022 — SF Gem and Mineral Society, San Francisco, CA
November 1, 2022 — Columbia Willamette Faceters Guild, Portland, OR
October 22, 2022 — North Puget Sound Faceting Guild, Seattle Wa
September 10, 2022 — Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Arts, Oak Brook, IL
August 23, 2022 — McKissick, Columbia, SC —Gemcutting Then & Now
August 22, 2022 — McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC — Pioneering …
August 10, 2022 — Patuxent lapidary guild, Annapolis, MD — Pioneering …
August 7, 2022 — Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Brookhaven, PA — Pioneering
August 2, 2022 — GIA Alumni Society, New York City — Pioneering …
July 31, 2022 — Franklin Faceting Seminar, Franklin, NC — Pioneering …
July 30, 2022 — Lapidary Club, Long Island, NY, Faceting demo
July 20, 2022 — Maine Mineral Museum, Bethel, ME, Faceting demo & talk
April 30, 2022 — Scottish Gemo. Conference — History of Britain’s Lapidaries
Feb 3, 2022 — Tucson Faceters Frolic — Pioneering the American …
2021
Jan-December 2021 — Gemcutting Conversations Webinar Series
October 2020-Dec 2021 — Read and Talk about Gemology Webinar Series
2020
July 25, 2020 —USFG Virtual Symposium — The Future of Gemcutting
June 14, 2020 — Webinar: Tudor Gems (with Lauryn Volovar)
May-August 2020 — Field Gemology Talks Webinar Series
April 22, 2020 — The History of American Faceting webinar
April 18, 2020 — The Legend of Merlin and the Sites of His Madness webinar
April 17, 2020 — A Live Q&A with GemologyGeek webinar
April 8, 2020 — Beauty, Value, and the Power of Gemcutting webinar
April 1, 2020 — A Journey Through Painted Jewels webinar
April-June 2020 — Sunday Conversations Webinar Series
March 25, 2020 —Lapidary Medicine and its Influence on Gemstone Cutting…
February 7, 2020 — Tucson Faceting Symposium — History/American Faceting
February 5, 2020 — AGTA Show Tucson — An Updated History…
2019
Nov 16 2019 — Taiwan Gem Show — Beauty, Value & the Power of Gem Cutting
June 20, 2019 — London, Gem-A — A Brief History…
June 15, 2019 — Bristol Lapidary Society, England — A Brief History…
May 23, 2019 — Society of Jewellery Historians, London — A Brief History…
May 17, 2019 — UK Facet Cutters Guild, England — A Brief History …
Feb 23, 2019 — Inhorgenta Gem Forum, Munich, Germany — Lapidary Medicine and it’s Influence on Gemstone Cutting Technology
2018
Dec 17, 2018 — National Museum, Prague — A Brief History…
Sept 17, 2018, DANAT, Hong Kong Jewelery and Gem Show, — A Brief History
June 27, 2018, GIA’s 108th Gemstone Gathering, Bangkok — A Brief History
Feb 3, 2018, AGTA Show, Tucson Gem Show, Tucson, Arizona — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
