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.

Jewelry as Usual

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Design Challenges

Next Time

Their Turn • a gallery of this issue’s contributors

Nonsocial Marketing • Tell them you’re open for business

Make Mine Metal • Tools for focused fabrication

Never Miss An Issue!

Suitable for Framing • Maligano jasper varies from landscape to abstract

Mad for Maligano • Set off a striking new jasper in a special pendant

POWER OF PRESENCE • Imbued with memories and emotions, jewelry is marker of human experience

Tooling Around • The evolution of a spinner ring tool

Spinner Play • Use a new tool to create the rotating band of a spinner ring

Gotta Have ’Em! • Favorite basic bench tools for working metal or wax

Setup Is a Good Thing • How to decide where to store your tools

Beauty and the Basics • How three artists use their go-to hand tools in their jewelry

Hang Loose • Use snake chain to create metal fringe in this fast, fun necklace

Wish List • Specialty tools may not be necessary, but they sure can be sweet

The Closer • Make a see-through box clasp that catches the eye as well as securely connects

Hailing a Cabbing Machine • Which one calls out to you?

The Right Rough • How to select cabbing material

The Mining Perspective • The many and varied tools of the trade

education

Si Frazier • In Fondest Appreciation and Remembrance

Virtual Museum Exhibits

Bead Fest 2020

Stuller Bench Jeweler Workshop

Acknowledgement

Lexi Erickson