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![[]](/clipart/main-cat.gif) thrifted + handmade: what I wore | by k.obrien jewelry
|  | The other day I needed a little pick me up. It had been raining for a while and I had a party to go to for my Arts in RI team. I decided to ditch my usual uniform of jeans and get out a vintage frock that I hadn't worn yet. If the spring weather wasn't co-operating I was bringing the good cheer of spring with me.It turned out that I had the most perfect clogs to match my party.... | | View full article... |
| Jewelry Week Las Vegas: AGTA GemFair™ at the JCK Show | by Robyn Hawk
|  | AGTA GemFair™ at the JCK Las Vegas ShowLocation: 2012 AGTA GemFair™ at the JCK Las Vegas Show is located in the South Pacific and Islander Ballrooms in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.HOURSThursday, May 31, 2012: 9:30am-6:00pmFriday, June 1, 2012: 9:30am - 6:00pmSaturday, June 2, 2012: 9:30am - 6:00pmSunday, June 3, 2012: 9:30am - 6:00pmMonday, June 4, 2012: 9:30am - 4:00pmJewelry professionals can't afford to miss the AGTA GemFair™ at the JCK Show in Las Vegas. With over 200 exhibitors offering.... | | View full article... |
| Closed up shop. Have a few odds and ends to offer for cheap ! Gemstone cabochons, jewelry, pendants and matching earring pairs | by georgeingraham
|  | "Closed up shop and have a few odds and ends to offer.. Some extra nice gemstones, and also a few pieces of jewelry.. http://ning.it/JWzVYu"
No longer doing lapidary, or making jewelry..
Just a few things that would like to offer..
Some real nice cabs, and a few pieces of jewelry at http://ning.it/JWzVYu.... | | View full article... |
| Review: 500 Silver Jewelry Designs | by Robyn Hawk
| | 500 Silver Jewelry Designs: The Powerful Allure of a Precious MetalI have been meaning to post a review for this book since the day I got it (thanks Lark Crafts) but, as I tend to do, I get lost in it every time I open it!500 Silver Jewelry Designs is, as the title reveals, on of Lark's "500 Series". I don't know about you but these books have helped me through many a design drought...Loretta Tryon's Satin Curve CuffThe Lark "500 Series".... | | View full article... |
| Color of the Woods!! | by patgullett
|  | With the rain lately, Spring colors are almost iridescent!! Our Ct "backyard" stone wall entrance to the woods & stream.Find us at www.howlingmoonstudio.com and read the blog athttp://howlingmoonstudio.blogspot.com/.... | | View full article... |
| Granulation with the Ultralite Kiln | by Lillian Jones
|  | I am an enamelist, primarily. As offshoots of this passion I have also played with Jean Stark's wonderful series of fused link chains, and lately, granulation.
These endeavors have in common the act of fusing fine silver. If it is chain, you are making circles to become links. If it is enamel, I am making fused borders (and soon, settings for small gypsy-set brilliants) and if it is granulation, I am just indulging my curiosity.
Last Christmas I was granulating.... | | View full article... |
| May 2012 - Local Club Shows and Public TradeShows | by Robyn Hawk
| | 3-6—CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA: Annual show; K&S Rockhounds; Metroline Tradeshow Expo; 7100 Statesville Rd., Bldg. B; Thu. 9-6, Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; adults $5 (4-day pass); lapidary supplies, display specimens, cabbing rough, cabochons, slabs, fossils, tumbling rough, demonstrations, jewelry findings, gold panning, gem sluicing, jewelry settings, wire wrapping, beads, supplies, arrowhead knapping, rockhound tools, jewelry repair, silent auction, coincides with the International Antiques & Collectibles Show; contact Kay Jones, 157 Redwood Ln., Gastonia, NC 28052, (704) 864-3748; e-mail: kjones557@att.net4-6—BISHOP, CALIFORNIA: Annual.... | | View full article... |
| Holly Gage: Inventor, Negative Space Caning With Metal Clay | by Metalwerx
|  | Ever since precious metal clay was introduced in 1990, artists the world over have tried to find ways to take this wondrous material in new directions. Holly Gage has developed a technique using combustible clays to create canes and hollow forms. She will lead a workshop May 19-20 at Metalwerx, “Negative Space Caning with Metal Clay,” to teach her innovative method.
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It sounds simple enough: use wood, cork,.... | | View full article... |
| Hammered Flower Earrings with Jewelry Arts Institute | by jeanettecaines
|  | Check out just one of Jewelry Arts Institute's 19 videos available on Benchtube. Enjoy!
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| Il Maestro Acquafresca 2012 Workshop | by genevieve
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I will start by saying that it has been too long since I blogged! So, I hope to be consistently posting about classes and/or workshops that happen in my studio, Genevieve Flynn Studio
Tony, Fabrizio & Katye
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Above is the 'graduating" class of 2012 Students are as follows: Front left to right Rose Staley and Katye Thomas, second row- Kimberly.... | | View full article... |
| Top 5 Productivity Tips for Jewelry Bloggers...Hat Tip to IFB... | by Robyn Hawk
| | For a lot of us, productivity, time management and balance are some of the most difficult things to master as a blogger. Many of us are working full time, students or self-employed entrepreneurs – not to mention people who like to step out from behind the screen and see actual people and places once and a while.When the pressure is on to perform and produce results as well as keep your personal life together, how do we do it? Well, I’m no.... | | View full article... |
| The Waterwing/Aquarius/Greenway 2.0 polishing lap | by anthonylloydrees
|  | Amost 2 years ago I reviewed the Greenway polishing lap. It was the ultimate Emerald polishing lap in my opinion and I have been enjoying the experience ever since. Then I received a pre-production sample of Jon's latest brainchild which has turned out to be a considerable improved version over the original Greenway.
With this new design the Greenway chrome oxide polishing section is inlaid into the centre of a sintered diamond pre-polishing lap. The sintered part is a ceramic.... | | View full article... |
| Mermaid Bracelet in Turquoise | by lianabennett
|  | The color of tropical water. Makes me want to dive right in. A mermaid bracelet, in turquoise blue! The color is a gorgeous saturated, transparent, turquoise blue. Over this color, is an iridescent shimmering layer, of blue, aqua, and violet. This Mermaid and her dolphin and fish friends are a 3-dimensional sea life jewelry sculpture cuff bracelet. Detailed down to tiny scales on both the mermaid's tail and the fish bodies.
Available here: Mermaid Bracelet with Dolphin in Turquoise by.... | | View full article... |
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