Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, May 2006

Departments

• Live, Online & More
• Jewelry Journal Questions, Answers and Tips
• Facets
• Gemstone Price Index
• Rock Corner

Features

• Fortunate Fiascos (Sharon Elaine Thompson)- Setbacks at the bench are an all too common experience. We talked to several jewelry artists about the creative process that helped them turn a ???disaster??? around.
• Kings of (non) Bling (Terri Haag)- It doesn???t have to be cut to rock. More designers are discovering and using the understated elegance of uncut gemstones in their work.
• Catching the Female Eye (Suzanne Wade)- More and more women are buying the jewelry they love for themselves.
• You Don???t Think This Is Art, Do You? (Larry Scott)- Making things reminds us that we are human and mortal. The question is, is what you make art or craft, and who gets to decide?
• Grape Jelly Crystals (Lames L. Bleess)- A three-day quest for exceptional new amethyst in Jackson Crossroads, Georgia.
• Beauty and the Beastly Smell (Holly Gage)- Once you get past the aroma, liver of sulfur could become your reliable studio standby for creating beautiful, colorful patinas on your work.

Projects

• Stepping Out (Denise Peck)
• Hinged Metal Clay Box Pendant (Celie Fago)- Using the tear away technique for surface design, Part I of II
• Paper Dolls Cuff Bracelet (Elizabeth Glass Geltman)- Using metal sawing techniques
• Wearing It My Way (Arlene Hildebrand)- Metal clay two sided multi-directional pendant
• The Emerald Cushion (Douglas M. Turet)- Cut and keep the color
• Magnetic Attraction (Janice McMahon)- Magnetic silver clasp for leather cord