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March 2012

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Evey issue of Art Jewelry gives you:
  • Step-by-step instructions to teach you how to make beautiful pieces of jewelry
  • Full color photos to get you inspired by others' work
  • Artist interviews where you'll learn about the artists' motivation and inspiration
  • Plus exclusive online access to download jewelry projects, post photos of your own work in the Subscriber Gallery, and read reviews of products tested by the editors
Features
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3 Essential Wire Weaves
By Kaska Firor
Wireworking depends on building a vocabulary of weaves that you can use in different ways. Here are three fundamental techniques.
pg. 32
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Advance Your Wireworking Skills with a Braided Bracelet
By Kaska Firor
Now that you've learned some basic weaves, combine them in a complex design.
pg. 34
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A Student's Guide to Copycats and Copyrights
By Yleana Martinez
How can you use what you've learned without violating copyright? What's legal, what's ethical, and what's polite.
pg. 49
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Look Beyond the Bottom Line to Find a Class That's Right for You
By Kristin Sutter
Pricetag isn't the only determining factor — these expert tips will help you choose the class that will make the most of you time and money.
pg. 58
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Cultivate Your Own Style with a Hollow Window-Box Ring
By Maria Apostolou
Use simple construction techniques to build a customizable display for whatever you want to show off: metal, resin, fiber... even moss!
pg. 52
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How to Refine Your Casting
By Pixie Eslinger
Your piece is back from the casting house, but you're not done yet! Here's how to take your casting from rough to polished and set your stone.

pg. 62
Departments
From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton
Classes and Copyrights.
Up Front
Find an exhibit on brooches steeped in politics, and another focusing on an early San Francisco modernist jeweler. Check out details on an upcoming enamel class. See how a new idea in hammers measures up in our studios. Plus, we review two books: one on repairs, and an updated classic from a revered jewelry maker.
Stone Sense by Richard M. Shull G.G.
Spinel
Business Savvy by Marlene Richey
Taking the Etsy Step.
Metalsmithing 101 by Michael David Sturlin
Teaching 101.
Flex Shaft Fundamentals by Andy Cooperman
Here's the Drill...
A Conversation with James Carter
Master enamelist and instructor James Carter talks about his life and work, and what makes a good teacher a great teacher.
Gallery
A collection of jewelry to intrigue and inspire you.
Beyond Jewelry
Merry-Lee Rae's enamel creation was inspired by the waterlily pond in her back yard.
Basics
See demonstrations and definitions of beginning jewelry-making techniques needed for projects in this issue.
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