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January 2012

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

Features

Build a Gear Necklace: Saw, Texture, Dome, Tab, Repeat

By Melody Armstrong

Use assembly line techniques to perfect a handmade contemporary turn on an industrial motif.

Subscribers – Download the circle template used in this project!
Online Extra! Learn how to convert drill bit sizes to inches or millimeters.

pg. 34

How to Refine Your Casting

Design and Construct a 3-Part Belt Buckle

By E.C. Dahlberg

Use basic skills and heavy-duty sterling silver to make functional jewelry.

pg. 48

Make the Casting Call

By Sharon Elaine Thompson

What you should know when working with a professional casting house.

Online Extra! Learn how to calculate how much your casting will weigh with an expanded wax-to-metal conversion chart.

pg. 60

How to Carve a Wax Model

By Pixie Eslinger

Whether you're casting your own pieces or working with a casting house, here's your start-to-finish guide to precision wax carving.

pg. 54

Icing on the Cake: Make a Basketweave Metal Clay Ring

By Angela S. Foreman

Modify the tip of your metal clay syringe to recreate a fundamental cake-decorating design.

Online Extra! Watch a basketweave pattern being made in the original medium — frosting!

pg. 65

Departments

From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton

All work and no play...

Up Front

Exhibits on the splendor of India's royal courts and jewelry with unusual stones. We review a space-saving soldering station, a material for carving your own texture plates, and mixed-metal and soldering books for your library. Our readers weigh in on "Fresh Prongs," and plans to become a master jeweler.

Stone Sense by Richard M. Shull G.G.

Carnelian.

Carnelian

Business Savvy by Marlene Richey

Sell local, support local.

Metalsmithing 101 by Michael David Sturlin

How many tools do you really need to get started?

Flex Shaft Fundamentals by Andy Cooperman

Handpieces and foot controls.

A Conversation with Linda MacNeil

An inspirational jewelry maker sees her work as listening to past artists and speaking to those of the future.

Gallery

A collection of jewelry to intrigue and inspire you.

Beyond Jewelry

Pat Bramhall Replicates antique weaves in precious metal.

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.

Online Exclusive: Find Events and Classes Near You

Use our searchable databases to find local gem and jewelry events and jewelry-making classes in your area.

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