Studio Visits


In the Studio Visit series, see how well-known jewelry makers equip and organize their workspaces. Get inspired and build your own dream studio.

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Inside Auriou Toolworks – How Files are Made

Inside Auriou Toolworks – How Files are Made

Produced by Auriou Toolworks, this 10-minute video reveals the fascinating world of traditional rasp-making at Forge De Saint Juery in...
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Anodizing Titanium and Niobium

Anodizing Titanium and Niobium

http://TitaniumRingsForever.com and Chris Boothe demonstrate the coloring of titanium and niobium through electrical anodizing. A process combining science and art,...
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Master Metalsmith Alan Adler

Master Metalsmith Alan Adler

I first discovered Allan Adler's Silversmithing Shop about 23 years ago when I arrived in Southern California to begin my...
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Studio Visit – Daniel Brush

Studio Visit – Daniel Brush

The intimate bond between Brush's creative and personal life is evident upon entering his Manhattan loft. The kitchen and dining...
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Large Scale Enameling at The Enamel Foundation

Large Scale Enameling at The Enamel Foundation

The Enamel Foundation provides the furnace and offers the use of their standard workshop tools, equipment and workshop enamels. (A...
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Studio Visit – Daniel Jocz

Studio Visit – Daniel Jocz

Upon reaching the porch of Daniel Joczs Cambridge studio and home, I recalled having been there briefly for a party...
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A Metalsmith’s Guide to Toronto

A Metalsmith’s Guide to Toronto

In the Ojibway language, Toronto means "meeting place." At this site on the northern shore of Lake Ontario 18th-century French...
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Studio Visit – Jack and Marilyn da Silva

Studio Visit – Jack and Marilyn da Silva

Most jewelers and sculptors are quite satisfied to have one studio of their own. Between them, Jack and Marilyn da...
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Studio Visit – Jeffrey Herman

Studio Visit – Jeffrey Herman

Jeffrey Herman is an accomplished silversmith, master of holloware repair, and the founding director of the Society of American Silversmiths....
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Studio Visit – Tom Joyce

Studio Visit – Tom Joyce

The anvil anchors his studio. Rows of hammers and tools along one long wall communicate with the storage of rolling...
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Studio Visit – Fred Fenster

Studio Visit – Fred Fenster

With barely a square inch unoccupied, Fensters studio is tightly packed into that basement space. The setup reflects the breadth...
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Studio Visit – Andrew Goss and Sandra Noble Goss

Studio Visit – Andrew Goss and Sandra Noble Goss

Some artists leave the big city reluctantly, chased out by high rents. For Owen Sound, Canada-based jewelers Andrew Goss and...
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Studio Visit – Christina Smith

Studio Visit – Christina Smith

Keeping a life in balance isn't easy, and for the studio artist it's a push-pull between dealing with the outside...
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Studio Visit – Namu Cho

Studio Visit – Namu Cho

Set in a deeply wooded area of Bethesda, Maryland, Namu Chos brick house at first appears to be similar to...
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Studio Visit – Metalpeople

Studio Visit – Metalpeople

Artist's with shared sensibilities and needs often come together to form co-operative studios in order to reduce overhead, share equipment,...
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Studio Visit – Gary Noffke

Studio Visit – Gary Noffke

Remote by design, the home and studio of Gary Noffke do indeed take you to that 'other place.' Once you...
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Studio Visit – Doug Wilson

Studio Visit – Doug Wilson

Sarah's Way is the name of the short dirt road leading up to Wilson's studio and home. He, his wife...
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Studio Visit – Patty Spiro

Studio Visit – Patty Spiro

Although Patty Spiro of Live Oak Studios in Chipley, Florida, doesn’t earn a living making jewelry full time, you wouldn’t...
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Studio Visit – Milt Fischbein

Studio Visit – Milt Fischbein

Safety is key in Milt Fischbein’s studio. Milt Fischbein of Milt Fischbein Metal Arts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, recently moved his...
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The Goldsmiths: Studio & Shop

The Goldsmiths: Studio & Shop

Reviving the virtually dead enameling technique plique-à-jour, which means "the light of day as seen through a membrane," has been...
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Studio Visit – Abrasha’s Studio

Studio Visit – Abrasha’s Studio

Abrasha occupies about 300 square feet of neat, well organized space. Unlike many jewelers, who make do with garages, kitchen...
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Successful Artists Collaboration

Successful Artists Collaboration

When Theo Janson and Vanessa Compton moved into the winding basement studio space on Toronto's Markham Street in May 1978,...
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Sansone Studio

Sansone Studio

Sometime around 1989 or 1990, I got a call from a friend, Steve Kissler, who owned a small gift shop...
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A Conversation with John Marshall

A Conversation with John Marshall

John Marshall was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1936. After serving in the Armed Forces and doing construction work, Marshall...
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Coiling tube

Coiling tube

I made this tube coiling device based on a post by David Cruickshank. The drawbench I made up myself.
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Sculptures by Noah Deledda

Sculptures by Noah Deledda

Irony & Aluminum The hidden beauty of the can's polished aluminum surface is revealed. By hand, I apply dents to...
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Tom Markusen: Holloware Maker with Integrity

Tom Markusen: Holloware Maker with Integrity

It may surprise some, judging from Tom Markusen studio output, that the production objects are handmade, without the use of...
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Studio Visit – Nanopod Hybrid Studio

Studio Visit – Nanopod Hybrid Studio

At Nanopod Hybrid Studio in Toronto, owner and chief alchemist Tosca Terran forms metal and glass into elegant adornments of...
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Master Metalsmith Dorothy Sturm

Master Metalsmith Dorothy Sturm

Entering the enameling studio, one is struck by its openness. Light fills the space. Shelves are lined with organic vessel...
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Studio Jewelers Sabbatical

Studio Jewelers Sabbatical. You know the feeling. No matter what you do there's never enough time! Well, after 17 very...
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Clasp with an eagle and its prey

Clasp with an eagle and its prey

Clasp with an eagle and its prey Gold, turquoise inlay Parthian (Iran) ca. A.D. 1st2nd century This solid gold ornament...
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MAISON CHAPLIN – Van Cleef & Arpels – The Process

MAISON CHAPLIN – Van Cleef & Arpels – The Process

Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, the most comprehensive exhibition ever organized of Van Cleef &...
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Goldsmith’s Workshop Secrets

Goldsmith’s Workshop Secrets

We manufacture jewellery by hand. In this video we share some insight on the process of making an emerald ring....
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Studio Visit – Cynthia Eid

Studio Visit – Cynthia Eid

Consisting of three small rooms crammed with tooks, boxes, and books (including a spare bathroom complete with shower stall/patina spray...
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Call for entry – 10,000 Hours

Call for entry – 10,000 Hours

We need your metal to realize our Nuit Blanche 2009 installation of 10,000 metal objects symbolizing the hours of dedication...
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Charles Lewton-Brain, Artist-goldsmith

Charles Lewton-Brain, Artist-goldsmith

Artist-goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain describes his approach to jewellery-making and how he finds inspiration in nature. Governor General's Awards in Visual...
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Mr. Shigeo Aoshima – Gold foil artist

Mr. Shigeo Aoshima – Gold foil artist

From 2012-2013 Gucci Japan produced an online video series called "Hand" that payed homage to 35 artists and designers who...
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Large Scale Enameling at JSW Studio

Large Scale Enameling at JSW Studio

After a long break we have restarted the JSW Enamel Studio, Vashind, Mumbai. A major effort was made in October...
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Ronda Coryell – For the Love of Jewelers

Ronda Coryell – For the Love of Jewelers

For the Love of Jewelers. Go inside the studio of award-winning jewelry artist, Argentium expert and beloved instructor Ronda Coryell...
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Robin Waynee and Ryan Roberts – For the Love of Jewelers

Robin Waynee and Ryan Roberts – For the Love of Jewelers

For the Love of Jewelers. Award-winning independent jewelers Robin Waynee and Ryan Roberts open up their studio to give us...
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Handmade Portraits: Bruce Metcalf

Handmade Portraits: Bruce Metcalf

Bruce Metcalf has dedicated almost forty years of his life to the creation and historiography of American Studio Craft. He...
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Utsushi – in search of Katsuhira’s tiger. Part 2

Utsushi – in search of Katsuhira’s tiger. Part 2

A short documentary film that follows classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam as he recreates a lost masterpiece by the...
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Fused Dichloric Glass Rings by zulasurfing

Fused Dichloric Glass Rings by zulasurfing

We bring you this video featuring Gil, a former jackhammer operator who now grinds and fuses glass. zulasurfing is comprised...
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Sustainable Wooden Jewelry by PrasseinDesignStudio

Sustainable Wooden Jewelry by PrasseinDesignStudio

Seattle native Shawn Taylor of prasseindesignstudio is sharing her process of making a wooden wrist cuff with us in conjunction...
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Storage and Organization in the studio

Storage and Organization in the studio

Take a quick tour through Melissa Muir's Studio for tips and tricks in organizing tools and materials.
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My jewelry art

My jewelry art

My jewelry art
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Process: Fused Dichroic Glass Rings by zulasurfing

zulasurfing is comprised of husband and wife duo, Gil and Irena, based in New York. Gil is originally from Israel...
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Beach Glass Jewelry with Wildpen

Beach Glass Jewelry with Wildpen

I have met a few cockatoos in my day, but on this day, in early June, I met Sunny and...
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Metal Arts Guild of Canada 10,000 Hours

Metal Arts Guild of Canada 10,000 Hours

This stop motion film has been created with the metal contributed to the Nuit Blanche 10,000 Hours project. An installation...
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How to use rolling mills No.3

How to use rolling mills No.3

How to use rolling mills
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Spinning

Spinning

Spinning a silver chalice base. Ditchling, East Sussex
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Ziptie Rings by Metalnat

Ziptie Rings by Metalnat

The studio of Natalia Gomensoro, aka Metalnat, walks the line of serene organization and cluttered potential. Natalia grew up in...
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Process: Beach Glass Jewelry with Wildpen

I have met a few cockatoos in my day, but on this day, in early June, I met Sunny and...
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Beth Wicker, An Artist Profile

Beth Wicker, An Artist Profile

Beth Wicker is a member of the Artisans of the South Carolina Cotton Trail. She currently resides in Cheraw, South...
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Metal Mirrors – Mr. Akihisa

Metal Mirrors – Mr. Akihisa

From 2012-2013 Gucci Japan produced an online video series called "Hand" that payed homage to 35 artists and designers who...
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Forming Tin Holloware (Hand)

Forming Tin Holloware (Hand)

From 2012-2013 Gucci Japan produced an online video series called "Hand" that payed homage to 35 artists and designers who...
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My jewelry art

My jewelry art

My silver jewelry art
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Hidden Hazards in the Art Studio – Less Toxic Alternatives

Hidden Hazards in the Art Studio – Less Toxic Alternatives

Hidden Hazards in the Art Studio - Less Toxic Alternatives
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Steve Shelby’s Metal Art, Interview

Steve Shelby’s Metal Art, Interview

Eric Olson from Indiana's News Center interviews Steve Shelby in his workshop about how he makes his metal sculptures.
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La Desirade

La Desirade

La Desirade - Bijouterie, atelier artisan joaillier
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Studio Beyond Walls June 2010

Studio Beyond Walls June 2010

The show season had come and gone. With my kids still in school, I was unable to participate in the...
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Shane Hendren, What Makes You a Jeweler?

Shane Hendren, What Makes You a Jeweler?

We believe it starts with the spark of an idea. And becomes the insatiable desire to turn that idea into...
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Mr. Takahiro Yagi – Copper Tea Containers

Mr. Takahiro Yagi – Copper Tea Containers

From 2012-2013 Gucci Japan produced an online video series called "Hand" that payed homage to 35 artists and designers who...
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Silver studio art project

Silver studio art project

Silver studio art project
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Utsushi – in search of Katsuhira’s tiger. Part 1

Utsushi – in search of Katsuhira’s tiger. Part 1

A short documentary film that follows classical Japanese metal artist Ford Hallam as he recreates a lost masterpiece by the...
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Tsuji and Kenichi – Wire mesh artists

Tsuji and Kenichi – Wire mesh artists

From 2012-2013 Gucci Japan produced an online video series called "Hand" that payed homage to 35 artists and designers who...
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