Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, November 2002

Departments

• Jewelry Journal ??? Questions and Answers
• Product Highlights- Gem I.D. Devices

Features

• Matchmaking (Sharon Elaine Thompson)- Arranging a successful marriage of metal and stones is not as simple as you might think; three jewelry artists talk about their decidedly different approaches to designing with stones.
• When in Doubt, Add a Sprue! (Sara M. Sanford)- In Part III of our ongoing series about wax casting, we cover flasks and sprue bases, spruing, and calculating the amount of metal needed.
• Lapidary Superheroes (Sharon Elaine Thompson)- The landscape of the lapidary field has changed dramatically over the past 15 years, due to some revolutionary innovations.

Projects

• Live from the Studio (Tamara L. Honaman)
• Casting a Gold Pendant Part I (Sara M. Sanford) - Making the Wax Model and Spruing It
• Pam Dugger???s Fish Bead (Diane Prokop) - Lampwork Bead
• Charlie 6 (Jerry L. Capps)
• Butterfly Pin (Hadar Jacobson) - Precious Metal Clay
• Tsumeb Azurite and Malachite Intarsia (Tom & Kay Benham)