Jewelry Arts Lapidary Journal, October 2006

Departments

• Live, Online & More
• Jewelry Journal Questions, Answers and Tips
• Facets
• Cool Tools
• Rock Corner

Features

• Mother of All Pearls (Claus Hedegaard)- Nacre by nature. It???s the substance that gives shell and pearls their glow.
• Drilling Pearls (Thomas Blair)- Tips and techniques for perfect holes, using a flex-shaft handpiece.
• Bring on the Beads (Helen I. Driggs)- The Bead Annual presents a mixed media array of stone, glass, and metal beads from an outstanding group of artists.
• The 2006 Bead Arts Awards- Our annual competition winners represent the best in modern art beads and beadwork.

Projects

• Stepping Out (Denise Peck)
• Talisman Bead (Jeff Barber)- Create metallic effects on your beads
• Velvety Sparkly (Sarah Moran)- Resist-etched lampworked beads
• Paper, Rock, and Thread (Hadar Jacobson)- Use PMC to create pebble beads
• Oceanic Organic Lampworked Beads (Linda Lyon)- Mimic ancient glass inspired by the sea
• Hammered Silver Beads (Helen I. Driggs)- Textured silver discs for simple, elegant focal beads
• Joy & Celebration (Douglas M. Turet)- A flexible design for opal or tourmaline