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July 2009

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

Looking for Downloadable Projects?

Click here to view and purchase projects found in the July 2009 issue.

Features

Whip Up Latch-Back Earrings in 30 Minutes or Less

A quick, classic technique every wireworker should know.
• Online Extra! Watch a video on how to use a disk cutter.

Learn Secrets of Masterful Wire wrapping

By Erin Paton

You'll need plenty of patience, but few tools, to make this dainty pearl-and-wire pendant.
• Online Extras! Subscribers can download this FREE PDF to learn how to use wireworking techniques to make decorative hook clasps, like the one in this necklace.
• To help you measure the frames in this pendant, check out this chart of U.S. and U.K. ring sizes. Also, watch a video to learn how to make a wire spiral.

Mix it up -- Metal Clay Meets Metal Sheet

By Hadar Jacobson

Use entry-level soldering to join brass and copper to metal clay.
• Online Extras! Watch a video on how to use a disk cutter. You can also watch a video on how to use a dapping block and punches.

Scribble into Enamels -- Sgraffito Revealed

You'll have fun playing with this forgiving, inexpensive technique.
• Online Extras! Are you a newbie to enamels? Check out our introduction to enamels, including a glossary of terms and safety basics.
You can also watch our video on how to use a bench shear.

When Good Enameling Goes Bad

By Pam East

Can your disasters be saved? Find out when de-enameling makes sense.

Weave a Simple, Solder-Free Cuff

Basketry techniques give form and depth to a sheet of patterned sterling silver.
• Online Extras! Watch a video on how to use a rolling mill. Then, watch a follow-up video to learn how to roll-print metal sheet.
• Check out our handy Metal Piercing Chart to learn which drill bit and saw blade to use for your particular gauge of metal.

Take Care of Your Most Important Tools

How to prevent and treat repetitive stress injuries.

Departments

From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton

Irreplaceable art.

Contributors: About Our Artists

Our artists talk about where they go to get a good critique of their work.

Reader Forum

Your letters, your questions, our answers.

Book Reviews

Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones, and Settings by Anastasia Young

I'd Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-promotion by Alyson B. Stanfield

Product Reviews

What we thought about Swanstrom's new disk cutter set and about a set of customizable stamps from Babette Cox.

Business Savvy

Reinventing the press release in the Internet Age.

Gallery

Basics

Demonstrations and definitions of beginning jewelry-making techniques needed for projects in this issue. View basic techniques.

Contacts & Suppliers

Click here to find the materials and tools used in this issue, plus where to get them.

Beyond Jewelry

A clever bank is born when Mary Ann Spavins Owen and J. Malcom Owen collaborate on a punny idea.

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Use our searchable databases to find events and classes in your area. Click here to find local events. Click here to find local classes.

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