Take a look at the winners of the 2009 Jewelry Arts Awards, and see how sketches turn into jewelry in the Design Challenge Execution. Look at how craft jewelers are finding a place for their work in jewelry stores, and see how other artist are treating metal as a new medium. Learn more about polymer clay and how to make handmade components for a necklace, and create a perfect pattern for your next jewelry piece.
MY TURN - from the Editor
YOUR TURN - Reader Sketches & Comments
YOU MADE IT REAL- Design Challenge Execution
DESIGNS FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS
THE 2009 JEWELRY ARTS AWARDS
FACETS - News & Innovations
ASK THE EXPERTS - by Tom & Kay Benham
COOL TOOLS & HIP TIPS - Scrap happy by Helen I. Driggs
SMOKIN’ STONES - Spotted Jaspers by Sharon Elaine Thompson
BEADS INTO CABS - Demo by Michael Boyd
CAB/BEAD EARRINGS - Project by Michael Boyd
JEWELRY OR TEXTILE? by Annie Osburn
CUSTOM NECKLACE PATTERN - Demo by Mary Ann Scherr
TRENDS Polymer Clay by Annie Osburn
COPPER WIRE RING SPACERS - Demo by Ronna Sarvas Weltman
A DISPLAY IN RETAIL - by Sharon Elaine Thompson
PRODUCT NEWS
MEDIA REVIEW - Setting Stones in Metal Clay by Jeanette Landenwitch
EVENTS - THE JEWELRY ARTIST DOER’S PROFILE by Christine Dhein