May 2010 • Volume 64, Number 2

contents
6 My Turn from the Editor
8
8
Whose Turn Is It, Anyway?
Your Turn Design Challenge & Letters
10 Their Turn A Gallery of This Issue’s Contributors
22 Cool Tools & Hip Tips:
Hot New Tools
by Helen I. Driggs

60 28 THE ILLUSTRATED
COOL SUPPLY GUIDE

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supplies by Sharon Elaine Thompson

Fabrication
34 Gem Cutting
36 Stone Setting
38 Casting
42 Beading
44 Metal Clay
ASTORITE

78 46

47 A
Smokin’ Stones: Astorite
by Sharon Elaine Thompson

 storite Pendant in
Silver and Copper
project by Lexi Erickson

76 52

Anticlastic Foldformed Bracelet
project by Jack Berry
l a pida ry jo u r n a l ) ( J e w e l ry a rt i s t

56 Trends: Acrylics
by Annie Osburn

58 Acrylics in Jewelry
by Debra Adelson

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60 Mokume Gane Heart Pendant
project by Roger Halas

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MADAGASCAR GEMS
70 Gem Buying in Madagascar
by Lisa Elser

76 BBC Trillion
facet design by Tom Herbst
cutting by Lisa Elser

78 Tribal & Error

design byTerri Haag

84 Join the Pros

networking by Sharon Elaine Thompson

88 Case Lighting
supplies by Scott Stepanski

92 Jewelry Cleaner FAQs

supplies by Sharon Elaine Thompson

96 Facets News & Product Innovations

100 Ask the Experts
by Tom & Kay Benham

102 Events
136 The Lapidary Journal
Jewelry Artist Doer’s Profile:
Jill Hurant

Advertising Sections

105 ANNUAL BUYERS’

DIRECTORY
105 Products & Services
116 Suppliers
124 Locations of Suppliers
128 Classifieds
131 Gem & Jewelry Shops
132 Jewelry Classes
134 Advertisers’ Index
134 Website Directory

About Our Cover: Jack Berry’s

textured silver cuff, page 52.
Photo: Jim Lawson