Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, March 2005

Departments

• Jewelry Journal ??? Questions, Answer& Tips
• Product News

Features

• Reinventing the Pearl (Cathleen McCarthy)- A simple strand of pearls is one of the classics of the jewelry and fashion world ??? but innovative modern designers are proving pearls??? potential as design elements.
• You Can Do It! (Suzanne Wade)- Jewelry artist and educator Karen Christians founded Metalwerx on the belief that anyone can make jewelry.
• Business, Pleasure, or Both? (Mark E. Battersby)- Take a closer look at your lapidary and jewelry making activities. The government might just classify you as a business, which means you qualify for tax breaks.
• Fine Cabinet Makers Don???t Use Chain Saws (Stephen W. Attaway)- It can certainly be tempting to skip grits to speed up the grinding process, but you may be doing damage that will take more time than you save to correct.

Projects

• Stepping Out (Denise Peck)
• Fraternal Twins (Carolyn Bensinger)- Bi-metal fabricated earrings
• Chrysanthemum Implosion Pendant (Paul Katherman)- The magic of lampwork and frit
• Hexamon III (Stephen DeLong)- A facet design for topaz
• Concrete???s Not Just for Sidewalks (Robert Dancik)- A mixed media brooch
• Metal Clay Lily Earrings (Sara Jayne Cole)- Origami with PMC sheet