Issues

May 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
Try Intarsia: Puzzle Stone into a Pattern
Cut, grind, and glue stones to engineer a geometric image.
•Online Extras! Learn how to cut your own stone in this free tutorial, for a limited time only.
Watch videos tutorials on how to use lapidary equipment to make a cabochon.
• Learn the lingo -- check out our glossary of lapidary terms.
Breeze Through a Wire Daisy Chain
Make this easy, colorful bracelet using just your pliers -- no jig needed!
The Nuts and Bolts of Threaded Connections
By Jill L. Erickson
Learn how to use tap and die tools to make cold connections in jewelry.
Online Extra! Check out our glossary of tap and die terms.
Coreless Construction: Rethinking the Metal clay Hollow Form
Build this four-sided pendant using forethought and a 3-D template.
Online Extra! Learn how to make texture plates and tear sheets in this tutorial.
A Beginner's Guide to Lapidary Equipment
By Addie Kidd
We'll tell you about about stone rough, saws, grinding/polishing equipment, and more!
Departments
From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton
A weakness for tools.
Contributors: About Our Artists
Our artists share how they keep their tools and jewelry safe.
Reader Forum
We share your comments and questions.
News and Announcements
Reviews
Stone Sense by Richard M. Shull G.G.
Included quartz: Rutilated, tourmalinated, and chlorite (“lodolite”).
Studio Savvy by Christopher C. Darway
Modified states.
• Online Extra! Bonus tool modification tutorial -- make your tube-cutting jig adjustable.
Metalsmithing 101 by Michael David Sturlin
Pliers 101: Master manipulators.
Business Savvy by Marlene Richey
Protect yourself from jewelry theft.
Gallery
A collection of pieces to intrigue and inspire you
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.
Contacts & Suppliers
Where to find the materials and tools used in this issue.
Artist Profile
Amy Roper Lyons talks about the transition from the ox-roasting era of craft fairs to the convention center circuit and what has prompted her own artistic transitions.
Beyond Jewelry
An antique silver platter is restored to heirloom status at the hands of jewelry artist Lynette Andreasen.
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