Issues

September 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
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Features
3 Surprising Ways to Integrate Polymer clay and Metal clay
• Make a low-tech polymer clay texture plate.
• Create hidden mechanical connection points.
• Raise the profile of a polymer clay insert.
• Online Extra! Subscribers, download a free PDF template of the metal clay dome and save your magazine from your scissors.
Learn How to Make a Tapered Viking Knit Bracelet
Taper a Viking Knit chain simply by changing the gauge of your wire.
•Online Extra! Click here to watch a video on how to make your own S-hook clasp.
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Explore a New Medium: Urethane and Other Plastics
How to pour, cure, carve, and polish urethane components to make jewelry.
•Online Extra! Check out this video on piercing metal. It's the same technique you'll use to pierce urethane.
Perk Up a Plain Bezel-set Ring
Genuine Sea Glass: How to Bezel-set an Irregular Stone
No two pieces of sea glass are alike -- we'll show you how to custom fit a bezel for your own treasure.
•Online Extras! Click here to download a free PDF of our quick-reference chart showing saw blades and their matching drill-bit sizes. Check out our tutorial on how to drill a hole through a piece of glass.
Departments
From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton
Contributors: About Our Artists
Our artists talk about dabbling in media outside of their comfort zones.
Reader Forum
Your letters, your questions, our answers.
•Online Extra! Subscribers, you can click here to download a free PDF of the "Spinner Rings" metals project.
Book & Media Reviews
  • Setting Stones in Metal Clay by Jeanette Landenwitch

  • Argentium (4 DVD series) by Ronda Coryell
Business Savvy
Your first art fair or craft show.
•Online Extra! Subscribers, you can click here to download a free PDF of the show supply checklist that Business Savvy columnist Marlene Richey uses to pack for art fairs and craft shows. This list is an excerpt from her award-winning book, Profiting by Design: A Jewelry Maker's Guide to Business Success.
Gallery
Beyond Jewelry
A sterling silver container by metalsmith Carol Salisbury reveals a surprise.
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