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Welcome to
the Green Valley, Arizona
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The lapidary club is located in Green Valley,
AZ. Green Valley is a retirement community of approximately 32,000 people and
still growing.
There are 14 recreational centers located in Green Valley for Green Valley Recreation
Members to use to pursue various hobbies and/or
activities.
The Lapidary Club has shops at East Center, West Center, and Desert Hills Social
Centers for the members to use to pursue the
Lapidary and Silversmithing activities in the following areas:
Lapidary - Stone shaping and polishing
Chain Making - Making various types of chains starting with wire
Silver Smithing - Making mounting for stones and then mounting
Casting - Making molds to make wax patterns, making patterns, making molds,
then melting metal and pouring to get the finished jewelry
Channeling - Making frames for stones then cutting stones to insert in the frames
PMC - Using Precious Metal Clay( PMC) to shape jewelry then fire in an oven
to reduce
the clay resulting in silver jewelry
The Club has craftsmen with experience in
all these areas and offer classes to share their knowledge (Check your current GVR class catalog). Hand made jewelry
made by the Club Members is available for sale at each of the shops.
You may contact us at: (Click on "Shop Locations" for individual
shop phone numbers)
Green Valley Lapidary & Silversmith club
P.O. Box 113
Green valley, Arizona 85622
Green Valley Recreation Home page: http://www.gvrec.org