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4 LAPIDARY JOURNAL JEWELRY ARTIST

My Turn

From the Editor

How About

a Win?

WINNING A COMPETITION is exciting, prestigious,

and ego- and career-boosting, and sometimes the

prizes are pretty sweet, too. You can find all the

details about and enter Interweave’s Jewelry, Bead

and Gem Arts Awards now through July 1, 2020, at

http://www.interweave.com/jewelry-beading-competitions.

Show us what you can do because we want to show everyone else just how

amazing, thoughtful, fun, beautiful, and moving the jewelry world can be.

If you haven’t entered or even started thinking about it yet, this gives you

enough time to develop, execute, and photograph designs, but don’t delay.

Now’s the time to pull out your sketchbooks or sketch that idea you’ve

had in mind for a while or go for something altogether new. Commit to

the piece you really want to make because we want to see what gets you

jazzed. We want your most creative and very best, just as long as it relates

to jewelry making in some way.

How open is that?

• Any medium or combination of media is acceptable.


• Divisions are organized by type of object: Jewelry, Non-Bead; Beads;
  Gems; and Non-Jewelry or Non-Jewelry-Use Objects.


• Criteria are Visual Appeal and Impact; Originality; Execution; and for
  Jewelry only, Wearability.

Now for those prizes...

• $1,000 to one Grand Prize Winner


• $250 each to the four Division Winners


• Honorable Mention to ten additional entrants


• One-year subscription to Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist or Beadwork
  to each winner and honorable mention


• Winners may appear in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, Beadwork,
  both, online, or all three.

Entries must be submitted online as digital images of executed designs.

Upload images to our online entry site only. Send no objects. Send no

paper. Because all entries will be judged solely as digital images, be sure to

get an excellent image of your finished work. For the purposes of this com-

petition, until you’ve done that, your work isn’t really finished.

Be sure to enter on time!

• June 1 early bird deadline saves you $5 off the entry fee


• July 1 deadline

Visit http://www.interweave.com/jewelry-beading-competitions to find more

information and to enter the Interweave Jewelry, Bead and Gem Arts

Awards — do it now!

EDITORIAL

DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Tamara Honaman

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Merle White

MANAGING EDITOR Karla A. Rosenbusch

MARKETING & ADVERTISING

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Marilyn Koponen, ph. 970-613-

CLASSIFIED ADS

Stephanie Griess, ph. 970-613-

AD TRAFFICKER Cari Ullom

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER

Jessi Rodriguez

CREATIVE SERVICES

SENIOR DESIGNER Connie Poole

PHOTOGRAPHY James Lawson

BUSINESS

DIRECTOR OF CONTENT Tiff any Warble

GROUP ART DIRECTOR Emily Simpson

MEDIA SALES DIRECTOR Julie Macdonald

GOLDEN PEAK MEDIA

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Gregory J. Osberg

SVP, GROUP PUBLISHER David Pyle

SVP, CONSUMER MARKETING Paula Backer

VP, FINANCE Jordan Bohrer

VP, DIGITAL Melanie Darienzo

VP, PRODUCT AND STRATEGY Josiah Klebaner

NEWSSTAND SALES Scott T. Hill

[email protected]

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist (ISSN 1936-5942) is published

6 times a year in Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/

Oct, Nov/Dec by Peak Media Properties, LLC., 4868 Innovation

Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Periodicals postage paid at Fort

Collins, CO 80525, and additional mailing offices. All contents

of this issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist are copyrighted

by Peak Media Properties, LLC, 2020. All rights reserved.

Projects and information are for inspiration and personal use

only. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited, except by

permission of the publisher. Subscription rate is $29.95/one year

in the U.S., $44.95/one year in Canada, and $54.95/one year in

international coun tries (surface delivery). U.S. funds only. For

Subscription Services, email jewelryartist@emailcustomerservice.

com; 1-800-676-4336 (toll-free US & Canada) or 386-246-

(outside North America).

POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, P.O. Box 422140,

Palm Coast, FL 32142-2140.

Retailers: If you are interested in carrying this magazine in your

store, please contact us: Toll Free (800) 289-0963 or

eMail [email protected].

VISIT US ON THE WEB:

http://www.interweave.com

[email protected]

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