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.

Welcome to Our Newest Era

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

Design Challenges

Their Turn • a gallery of this issue’s contributors

Rock Crystal • Classic colorless quartz

Just the Facts

Carving a Niche • Six highly accomplished lapidaries bridge the gap between gem art and finished jewelry

Stephen M. Avery

Sherris Cottier Shank in Collaboration with Barbara Berk

John Dyer

Naomi Sarna

Clean Early and Often • Leaving it till later frequently means more work

Fire Scale or Stain?

Little Solder Tips

Buckle with a Bite

Keep Your Shawl On

Ever Changing View • This interchangeable bead frame pendant is easy to make and very versatile

Drilling Stones with a Flex Shaft

The Gold You See • Surface treatments offer a high karat look at low cost

Gold Sheath

Great Impressions • Electro-etch a stamp to create multiples in metal clay

Travels of a Tsavorite • A gemstone’s journey from mine to maker

Seashore Setting • Bezel, prong, and tube settings pull beach-themed components together into one pendant

Index to Volume 75 • Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist 2021

Breathtaking Design

Sounds of Creativity

Unstoppable Brilliance

World’s Third Largest Diamond

Newest Online for Creatives!

Lawrence Stoller