Issues

January 2010

Every 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
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Features
Cut to the Piercing
By Noel Yovovich
Get a head start: Use a premade inlay cuff blank as the foundation for a handsawn overlay.
Emblazon Fine Silver with Crisp Ceramic Decals
Bond a permanent layer of color to metal in your kiln.
Discover Simple Solder Inlay
By Jill L. Erickson
Flood the recesses of etched copper with silver solder to create a two-tone pattern in metal.
Online Extras! Free tutorial on how to use Press-n-Peel Blue (PnP) paper as an etching resist.
• Read our review of the E3 Etch acid-free etching system.
Go Big with Lightweight Polymer Clay
Use a mega-extruder to form a bold bangle that won't weigh you down.
Learn Electroforming
Harness electricity! Deposit metal on nearly anything to create jewelry components.
By Pam East, Jane Levy
Learn how to make a lightweight custom bracelet with metal clay and a prefabricated tube bangle in this intermediate tutorial.
Departments
From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton
Making contact: connecting with other artists in the digital age.
Contributors: Our Artists & Writers
Our artists talk about how and why they use social networking (blogs, online forums, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc.).
Reader Forum
Reviews
  • Polymer Clay Inspirations: Techniques and Jewelry Projects for Creating Successful Palettes by Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio
Business Savvy by Marlene Richey
Social networking: get online or be left behind.
Metalsmithing 101 by Michael David Sturlin
Hammers: highly evolved tools.
Stone Sense by Richard M. Shull G.G.
Tourmaline: a gemstone of many colors.
Online Extra! Subscribers, check out the extended version of this Stone Sense to learn even more about tourmaline.
Studio Savvy by Christopher Darway
Solid advice on soldering.
Gallery
A Conversation with Kathleen Dustin
One of the most respected artists working in polymer clay today talks about having the courage to evolve your work and how to be inspired by nature without being cliché.
Online Extra! Get inspired! See more polymer clay work by Kathleen Dustin in our bonus gallery.
Contacts & Suppliers
Where to find the materials and tools used in this issue.
Basics
See demonstrations and definitions of beginning jewelry-making techniques needed for projects in this issue.
Online Extras! Check out our jewelry-making tutorials and videos on basic techniques for metal, metal clay, wirework, polymer clay, enamel, and more! Also, find out what tools and supplies you should have in your jewelry-making toolbox.
Beyond Jewelry
David Huang’s chased golden vessel glows.
Online Extra! Watch a video slideshow featuring 25 photos that David Huang took while he created his solid 22k gold vessel, Enlightenment #769.
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