Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, June 2004

Departments

• Jewelry Journal ??? Questions, Answer& Tips
• Product Highlights- Mandrels

Features

• The Ultimate Challenge (Cathleen McCarthy)- Always looking to mix things up, John Bahr and Lynda Fullerton find their greatest challenge in working with Mokume Gane.
• Rough Treatment (Sharon Elaine Thompson)- No matter what stone you buy, odds are that it???s been treated in some way. But ???treated??? doesn???t mean ???cheat??? ??? we take a look at the common forms of gem treatments.
• Rising Sunstone (Chris Rose)- A new sunstone mine in Oregon uncovers a wealth of beautiful material, with future plans to open the site to collectors.

Projects

• Stepping Out (Tamara Honaman)
• Bangle or Bracelet? (Connie Fox)- Wire-wrapped links create a flexible bangle bracelet
• Heart on Fire (Dan Clayton)
• A Bead that Looks Back (Sharon Elaine Thompson with Will Stokes)- Lampworking an eye bead
• Surprise Setting (Kay Benham)- Custom silver bezel
• Business Card Holder (Marv Dahmen)- Part I ??? Assembling the brass base