Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, October 2005

Departments

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

Features

• Precious Metals (Annie Osborn)- James Binnion creates his own alchemy with the ancient craft of Mokume Gane.
• The Complete Beadmaker (Alice Korach)- Rob Eaton applies the scientific method to the art of glass beadmaking.
• Bringing Lampwork into the Limelight (Suzanne Wade)- Beads are big business???but with the growing competition, how do independent artisans keep their bottom lines healthy?
• Gold of Africa (Terri Haag)- A museum newly relocated to Cape Town, South Africa, preserves and celebrates the golden art and artifacts of Africa???s diverse history.
• Beads Arts Awards Winners 2005
• Two-Timing Kiln (Kathleen Bolan)- You can get double duty out of your kiln, using it for both firing metal clay and annealing glass beads.

Projects

• Stepping Out (Denise Peck)
• Autumn Leaves Bead (Kim Fields)- Advanced lampwork technique ??? Part I of II
• Free-from Flower Beads (Karen Moyer)- Lampwork bead sculpture
• Spring Brilliant Apex Cut (Jim Perkins)- Cut in any material with no angle changes
• Caged Gold Obsidian Earrings (Arthur C. Rediske)- Fabricated setting for a small slab
• My First Tricycle (Silvia Schmelzer)- Part III of III ??? Finishing the basket and building the body and stand