In every issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist you’ll get hands-on expertise, illustrated demos, and projects loaded with valuable tips and design ideas to inspire your own metal jewelry designs. Plus our experts answer all your technical questions, and you’ll learn the pros’ favorite tools and how to use them.
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Their Turn • a gallery of this issue’s contributors
Improve Your Google Image • Over 90% of web search is googled!
FABRICATION FOCUSED • Serious new tool steel you owe it to yourself to try
BEYOND THE BOX • Three top jewelry artists illustrate how out-of-the-box thinking in a bespoke niche works for them.
Deep Blue Waters • Popular for its color and colorful history, Leland Blue is a by-product of iron smelting
And Thereby Hangs a Tail • A Michigan native creates a necklace homage to the local grayling, with cast silver trout, Leland Blue waters, and historic images set as “photo” gems
Lost-Wax Casting
Lilly’s Trillion • A universal design suitable for anything from quartz to CZ designed by a proud grandfather
Personalized Power • Charms of your choice give the Whimsical Shaman pendant its special properties
Best 10 of the Decade • Sometimes better jewelry making comes from unlikely sources
A Jewelry Toolmaker’s Tale • A great idea is only the start
The Zen of the Blade • An intuitive approach to lapidary sawing
In a Nutshell • Let me wrap this up with these few tips and thoughts.
Lots of Character • This bolo tie features a fabulous new stone — and a sly reference to popular culture in the metal
Keep in Shape • Templates help metalsmiths design, execute, and repeat
Excellent Shapes • Nearly all the shapes in this dramatic pendant were made with the aid of templates
Coral & Floral • Feature a warm red cabochon with a flowery silver design on one side for a stunning and reversible pendant
Just Fold It Over • A simple technique for a pendant with presence
Surprise Inside • These simple earrings reveal their texture from inside the dangling hoops
Homage to Collage • Fuse your silver scrap into a quick and edgy jewelry design
Facets • news & product innovations
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