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MAY/JUNE 2020 7

Momoko Okada’s

Pendant in

“Essence of Japan”

Lexi Erickson’s

Pendant in

“Go Fly a Kite”

Nina Raizel

Hartman’s

Earrings in

“Ripple”

Riff on the design of any of these or

other pieces within this issue, using a

design feature such as color, texture,

form, value, line, space, repetition,

balance, contrast, unity, or variety for

your sketch. Please indicate which piece

your entry is based on.

Letters

Re: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist,

January/February 2020

This issue off ered the depth and

technical content I have always

wanted from the magazine.  The

human aspects described in the

stories, especially the story about

Raymond Sequaptewa, touched me. 

I loved this issue.

Michael A. Sommer II, Ph.D.

Seabrook, Texas

Next Time

WRITE TO US ANYTIME:

What do you think about what you’ve

seen and read in Lapidary Journal

Jewelry Artist?SEND SKETCHES

& LETTERS for possible print or

online publication to: krosenbusch@

goldenpeakmedia.com. Please include

your name, city, and state, and indicate

“Your Turn” on the subject line.

NOTE: We have a new email! Make sure

you send your sketches and letters to

[email protected].

You r S et t i n g s

DEADLINES: JUNE 30, 2020

Email digital scans at 300 DPI or send

photocopies of no more than three

sketches per challenge, indicating the

design factor that is your starting point.

Sketches will not be returned.

Sketch a setting for

an Ellensburg agate

cabochon from

“Ellensburg Blue,”

page 40, or a pyrite-

in- agate cabochon

from Smokin’ Stones,

page 32.

Valorie Bowen

Ash Fork, Arizona

Valorie Bo

Ash Fork,

Easy AlternativeEternity Bands

Outstanding Gem CuttingTucson Show Strategies

Sparta-Worthy Bronze Cuff

PLUS!

2020 BUYERS’ DIRECTORYstarts after page 88 Super Texture Tools

Honors friendship

and an heirloom

Best Gems

for Spring!

TRIBUTE

DESIGN

Lay a silver rose over red coral

Sweetheart

Pendant

How to Float FireSet opal on an invisible riser

For a lab-grown emerald,

cut by Jim Perkins,

January/February 2020

Merle Summers

Missoula, Montana

Looking for

the Snow Queen?

See page 87.

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