Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

In every issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist you’ll get hands-on expertise, illustrated demos, and projects loaded with valuable tips and design ideas to inspire your own metal jewelry designs. Plus our experts answer all your technical questions, and you’ll learn the pros’ favorite tools and how to use them.

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Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Design Challenges • Your Design Riffs Designs based on projects and jewelry shown in previous issues of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist.

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Their Turn a gallery of this issue’s contributors

The Winners! • Interweave’s new Jewelry, Bead and Gem Arts Awards make a splash

2020 Basics

Virtual Holidays • Adapting trunk shows to live video

Wonderful Wire • Wild about wire? These tools and supplies will truly inspire!

Alexa Protects • Wire weaving and jasper combine in a shield-like pendant

Dropping In • Unexpected tourmaline drops add color to a simple chain maille grid

Rhodes To Empire • The founder of the modern De Beers organization set his sights not on a diamond cartel but on world domination

PAY IT FORWARD • Three women jewelry artists of color celebrate their art and advocate for change

Giving Back • Collaborative play benefits makers and more

Listen to Our Brand-New Jewelry podcast!

Painterly Patterns • What does Picasso Stone suggest to you?

Just the Facts

Above & Beyond • Extend the natural patterning in a Picasso stone into its silver frame in a reversible pendant

Big & Weird at Tucson • The world’s greatest “gem” show also showcases some very strange things

Cultured Bismuth Crystal • Create a copper flower with an iridescent center

Facets • news & product innovations

focus on… education

Robert Lopez