School in Tucson

I'm attending a 4 day class on hand engraving as part of the Tucson Rock and Gem Show
Great day in class. I'm starting to get the hang of the power graver, making nice cuts about 30% of the time compared to 5% yesterday. So far we are doing leaves, flowers, cornrows. I went outside today too. It was beautiful, so several of the other students and I had lunch on the patio. Lunch is furnished as part of the class, and is in the hotel restaurant which is pretty good. This evening several of us are going to a jewelry show downtown via shuttle to see work by a guy who builds incredibly complicated rings. Time for a nap.