Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2017, Print Edition

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You’ll love this if:

• You want to learn about the latest tools and techniques for wire and chain maille jewelry.
• You want to work with uncut diamonds and learn where they come from.
• You want to experiment with various ways to texture metal for your jewelry designs.

In this issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, Helen Driggs tells you all about the latest tools for working with wire. Then use those tools to make No?l Yovovich’s Swirled Link Wire Wrap Chain Bracelet, Kylie Jones’s Jade and Silver Chain Maille Necklace, and more! Tool maven Bill Fretz teaches you various ways to texture and shape metal. You’ll find more cool texturing techniques in Michael Cheatham’s Silver Dust Granulation Appliqu? Earrings and Kieu Pham Gray’s Torch-Fired Enamel and Reticulated Sterling Silver Disks. Betsy Lehndorff tells you all about Colorado diamonds and how to use them for her Etched Silver and Colorado Diamond Necklace in the Smokin’ Stone column. Bonus! See how top jewelry designers use talismans and signs in their pieces. Be sure to check out the amazing photos of the Revival Jewelry exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Order your copy of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2017 today to:

• Learn techniques for adding texture to your metal.
• Make amazing appliqu? earrings.
• Find out about the Revival Jewelry Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston.
• Discover the latest tools for creating wire jewelry and experiment with wirework and chain maille.
• Learn how top jewelry artists use talismans, signs, and charms in their designs.
• Discover so much more!