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March 2012 | Evey 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 Essential Wire Weaves By
Kaska Firor Wireworking depends on building a vocabulary of weaves that you can use in different ways. Here are three fundamental techniques.
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 | Advance Your Wireworking Skills with a Braided Bracelet By
Kaska Firor Now that you've learned some basic weaves, combine them in a complex design.
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 | A Student's Guide to Copycats and Copyrights By
Yleana Martinez How can you use what you've learned without violating copyright? What's legal, what's ethical, and what's polite.
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 | Look Beyond the Bottom Line to Find a Class That's Right for You By
Kristin Sutter Pricetag isn't the only determining factor — these expert tips will help you choose the class that will make the most of you time and money. |
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 | Cultivate Your Own Style with a Hollow Window-Box Ring By
Maria Apostolou Use simple construction techniques to build a customizable display for whatever you want to show off: metal, resin, fiber... even moss!
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 | How to Refine Your Casting By
Pixie Eslinger Your piece is back from the casting house, but you're not done yet! Here's how to take your casting from rough to polished and set your stone. |
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Departments From the Editor Classes and Copyrights
by Hazel L. Wheaton
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Up Front
Find an exhibit on brooches steeped in politics, and another focusing on an early San Francisco modernist jeweler. Check out details on an upcoming enamel class. See how a new idea in hammers measures up in our studios. Plus, we review two books: one on repairs, and an updated classic from a revered jewelry maker.
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Stone Sense Spinel
by Richard M. Shull, G.G.
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Business Savvy Taking the Etsy Step
by Marlene Richey
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Metalsmithing 101 Teaching 101
by Michael David Sturlin
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Flex Shaft Fundamentals Flex Shaft Fundamentals: Here's the Drill...
by Andy Cooperman
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A Conversation with James Carter Master enamelist and instructor James Carter talks about his life and work, and what makes a good teacher a great teacher.
by Hazel L. Wheaton
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Gallery
A collection of jewelry to intrigue and inspire you.
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Beyond Jewelry Merry-Lee Rae's enamel creation was inspired by the waterlily pond in her back yard.
by Theresa D. Abelew
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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. |
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