Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist

MY LITTLE WORLD WAS ROCKED. When John Glenn became the first human being to orbit the earth in 1962, we saw part of it on a television set specially brought into my first grade classroom. Of the two events, I was almost as wide-eyed at watching TV in

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Separation Enamel Pendant Enamel, copper, vintage chain, vintage charms “LESSONS LEARNED,” p.18 Winding Brooch Plastic found objects, rubber suction cup “SAY IT WITH JEWELRY,” p.70 Pendant Rough-faced drusy, sterling silver, keum boo “LESSONS LEARNED

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IF YOU LOVE the color of Caribbean waters, you gotta love aquamarines. The name itself means sea blue. Aquamarine is a color variety of beryl, the family of gemstones that includes emeralds, pink morganites, and yellow heliodors. All the beryls are g

HOLLOW FORM JEWELRY should be a mainstay in your bag of tricks. I wanted to get a little funky and use a bunch of techniques on this ring to see how it would turn out. I think you’ll like it. Just remember, you must leave at least one hole in your ho

WHEN YOU THINK OF prong settings, do you picture a Tiffany-style solitaire? As a rule, I do, so, as a rule, I don’t much care for prongs. But of course, there are many types of prong settings and many situations in which they can be used imaginativel

MY FAVORITE STORY is Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” I’d been wanting to create work to honor her for some time, but Disney beat me to it. I didn’t want to do something that looked like Frozen, no matter how delightful you think the movie

“In 2017, Salmon, Idaho, resident Erik Martinez made a discovery of a new gem-quality dendritic chalcedony that rivals the best quality Montana agate,” reports Jim Landon. “Erik stumbled upon his find while out cutting firewood in the mountains of th