2020-05-01_Lapidary_Journal_Jewelry_Artist

7 Ready to try sterling? If copper is easy going, sterling silver is tem- peramental. So, you’ll have to work a little harder to ...

16 13 The largest step of my bracelet mandrel is 8". I bend the copper cuff around the mandrel, tapping it into shape with a non ...

17 20 18 19 embellishment; 2) 8-gauge with delicate 1.5mm round bead wire; 3) the 2.3mm bead wire broke because the 8-gauge twis ...

OP EN IN G^ PH OT O: JI M^ LA W SO N; PR OC ES S^ P HO TO S:^ AS HL EY LA UW ER EI NS T HIS BEAUTIFUL MOOKAITE stone was part of ...

TIME IT TOOK About 8 hours SKILLS Basic fabrication Soldering Stone setting MATERIALS 22-gauge sterling silver sheet (back plat ...

Jewelry Project FIRST TUCSON PENDANT 5 To match the natural patterns in the stone, I textured the pendant with a Fretz hammer. I ...

MAY/JUNE 2020 85 Also large range of gemstone cabochons. Memorial Jewellery range available. Our Mk.IV fret saws are the stronge ...

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MAY/JUNE 2020 87 Vacation with an Artist Jewelry artist Rita, shown in her Buenos Aires studio, offers a Vacation with an Artist ...

88 LAPIDARY JOURNAL JEWELRY ARTIST Facets back, and pickle. Grab an old solder brick and dig some holes in it with the solder pi ...

INTO NEW JEWELRY-MAKING TECHNIQUES It really is astonishing. You can take an object as light and delicate as a feather and creat ...

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The ESSENTIAL GUIDE to Gemstones for Jewelry Artists Learn about characteristics of gemstones, where to find them, and how to im ...

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MAY/JUNE 2020 93 CLASSIFIEDS CUSTOM JEWELRY CASTING AND MANUFACTURING 45 YEARS’ JEWELRY MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE. We use de-oxid ...

Fire Up Your Passion for PMC with the Getting Started Precious Metal Clay Course Series! Follow along with expert Darlene Armstr ...

Reimagine how you use metal clay! Join Jackie Truty in her Advanced Metal Clay Series! Discover how to combine metal clay techni ...

Doer’s Profile 96 LAPIDARY JOURNAL JEWELRY ARTIST LAPIDARY JOURNAL JEWELRY ARTIST DONE Have supported myself for 45 years throug ...

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