Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, 1 Year Subscription for United States

Why you're going to love Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Who doesn't love tools? This hot topic is also a favorite part of the magazine. Cool Tools & Hip Tips is practical studio advice at its best, presented in a well-organized and thoroughly engaging style by Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist’s own jewelry-making, tool-loving, technical-challenge-meeting Senior Editor Helen Driggs.

This is where you’ll find the newest pliers on the market, professional tips on soldering, illustrated instructions for making your own tools, and the basic jewelry tools and techniques for stone setting, riveting, texturing, and much more.

Get ready to rock. You'll learn the essentials of what you need to know about buying, setting, or cutting a gem. Smokin’ Stones introduces you to the vast and varied world of colored stones one stone or variety at a time.

Find out what’s on the market, what it costs, and all of the important do’s and don’ts for makers and wearers—written by longtime Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist contributor and former Gemological Association of America instructor Sharon Elaine Thompson. 

But wait, there's more. Turn the page and find a demo or project that shows off the stone's best features—followed by step-by-step instructions to enhance your skills such as bezel making and other kinds of stone setting, soldering, and more.

Discover the latest trends.

You'll follow what several innovative professional jewelry artists are doing that’s new and what they like about it in Trends.

In a recent issue, three jewelry artists discussed their thoughts on the latest trend in using gold accents on silver jewelry as a way to reduce costs without giving up the richness of gold in their designs. 

We followed that up with a necklace project that accented a bronze medallion with silver wire, because in each issue, we expand on a trend from different angles, from design, materials, and tools to techniques or history.

Don't miss another issue where you'll learn the hottest trends such as creating cold connections, making metal beads, and the popularity of acrylics.

New! Discover our newest column Net Profits, written by Cathleen McCarthy, a twenty-year veteran of the jewelry press. If you make jewelry, sooner or later you'll want to sell some of it, too. 

Whether you're a full-time jeweler or a dabbler who only sells a few pieces to coworkers during the holidays, you'll find practical advice and useful tips for selling your jewelry online, along with other ways to make the Internet profitable for you.