Upcoming Lectures

We are back in a live presentation setting (hooray). To see all the webinars we did during 2020–2021, see links below.

Lectures I’m Currently Presenting

-A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
-Pioneering the American Faceting Movement
-Beauty, Value, and the Power of Gemcutting
-A Journey Through Painted Jewels
-Lost Cuts of History in Antique Jewelry and Art
-The History of Britain’s Lapidaries

Past Talks:

April 30, 2022 — Scottish Gemmological Conference — The History of Britain’s Lapidaries
Feb 3, 2022 — Tucson Faceters Frolic — Pioneering the American Faceting Movement
Jan-December 2021 — Gemcutting Conversations Webinar Series
October 2020-Dec 2021 — Read and Talk about Gemology Webinar Series
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 Technology webinar
February 7, 2020 — Tucson Faceting Symposium — History of American Faceting
February 5, 2020 — AGTA Show Tucson — An Updated History…
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, Market Rasan, England — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
Feb 23, 2019 — Inhorgenta Gem Forum, Munich, Germany — Lapidary Medicine and it’s Influence on Gemstone Cutting Technology
Dec 17, 2018 — National Museum, Prague — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
Sept 17, 2018, DANAT, Hong Kong Jewelery and Gem Show, — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
June 27, 2018, GIA’s 108th Gemstone Gathering, Bangkok — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting
Feb 3rd, 2018, AGTA Show, Tucson Gem Show, Tucson, Arizona — A Brief History of Colored Gemstone Faceting