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Finished Installation of Judaic Art in Nashua, NH
by Cynthia Eid

I recently installed the fourth commissioned piece for this
synagogue’s sanctuary. I am very proud and pleased! Here’s a photo
of me working on the installation of the handles for the doors to
the ark, which is where the Torah scrolls are kept…

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Jewelry As We Know It Exhibition at ATTA Gallery
by atty

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Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week-Ellen Jacobs
by jeanette caines

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My First Blog Post - making a silver baby spoon
by rutamurphy

A couple of weekends ago, I decided to try making something totally
different from my jewelry creations. Earlier this summer, a good
friend was blessed with her first granddaughter and I wanted to
share my congratulations with the new parents as well. What better
could I try to make than something from my hands and heart and with
the tools that I love to use - - hammers and fire!!

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A look from outside and a peek inside: Contemporary Art Jewelry at
ATTA Gallery
by atty

Locating in a charming arcade amidst busy Silom Rd. and Charoenkrung
Rd.–well-known jewelry and gems district in Bangkok–ATTA Gallery
is like a hidden oasis waiting for jewelry lovers to discover.
Jewelry exhibiting at ATTA Gallery is like no other you may find in
Bangkok, or even Thailand for that matter. Each piece of jewelry is
like a piece of art created by dedicated artists who are not shy to
express their unique styles and philosophies. At first sight, people
may…

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Effective heat shield
by jimshepard

hello all, here is a picture of what I’m dealing with…999Silver.
the small wire wrap ‘keeps’ the beads. I want it fused onto the
Mother Wire as a teardrop. the adding mass and fusing concept is
something I’m really interested in. thanks, Jim [gallery]…

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2-Day Workshop with Deb - Intro
by Laurie Jane Kern

Over the Labor Day weekend I had my 2-day (Saturday and Sunday)
workshop with Deb. Each day there was one other student there - Dawn
on Saturday and Betty on Sunday who was working on their sinking
technique. I arrived with my in-process Tapered Dish, Pouring Pot,
and Hearth Pot. The Southwest Vessel did not get started. I also
arrived with 2 other pieces that were almost done - the smaller dish
was there to discuss patina and the larger…

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Jewelry Historians “Decode Hip-Hop Jewelry”
by Robyn Hawk

"How We Swag: Decoding Hip-Hop Jewelry"Lecture Offered by the
American Society of Jewelry Historians Discussion at The Fashion
Institute of Technology on Sept. 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm NEW YORK “How
We Swag: Decoding Hip-Hop Jewelry” is the topic for the exclusive,
upcoming lecture presented by the American Society of Jewelry
Historians (ASJH) on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at The Fashion
Institute of Technology. The lecture will discuss the significance
of hip hop jewelry and its connection with today’s…

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Outmoded technology
by Elaine Luther

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What happens to your inspiration when you get what you want?
by noelyovovich

You know how, when you fall in love, you want to share that with
everyone? Well, that’s just how I feel. I’m in love with my new
home. My new love is so beautiful, I can’t believe I really deserve
to have it. And, actually, it doesn’t belong to meit’s a rentalso
I’m not sure how long I’ll get to keep it. Ironically, I have it
because the bad economy prevented the owner from turning the house
and the 40…

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supermarket saturdays welcomes Oh, Little Rabbit
by k.o’brien jewelry

Things have settled down just enough for me to start thinking about
my blog again. The studio is getting unpacked and used. So far,
fifteen pairs of earrings have been made there! Maybe it is just me,
but I find this fact to be exciting. So, we are back to our regular
series of supermarket saturdays! Meet Oh, Little Rabbit… I can’t
quite recall which design I fell in love with first, the Revolver
and Daisy towel…or the Deer…

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2-Day Workshop - Patina Discussion
by Laurie Jane Kern

Prior to this workshop, Deb had shown me how to use Liver of Sulfur
[also known as “LOS”] on copper for application of a patina and
since then I had not purchased any LOS or attempted it again. Before
I came to the workshop, while preparing my other hollow forms, I
sunk a small dish and put a ring base on the bottom. I had purchased
a can of it from Rio but before I used it, I wanted to…

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Raising Synclastic Earrings
by Jamie Hall

Following on from my post about anticlastic forms the other week,
I thought I=B4d have a go at it=B4s opposite - the synclastic curve. A
bowl is a good example of a synclastic form; if it was hammered from
a flat sheet, the X and Y axis would curve towards each other as the
bowl was raised. As I don=B4t have that much metal to play with, I=B4m
making some earrings (pictured right). …

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2-Day Workshop - Pouring Pot (sort of)
by Laurie Jane Kern

To Continue… I mentioned in my earlier posts about the workshop,
that one of the pieces I was raising was a pouring pot. This item
was based upon a creamer I had seen in a book. I was planning on
mine being slightly larger - starting with a 6" diameter disk of 18
gauge copper. Per the book - first you sink the center of the disk
so the vessel will have a spherical bottom; then raise the sides
vertical;…

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GL Gem SpectrometerTM - now available
by Robyn Hawk

September 13, 2010, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Gemlab Research &
Technology has released its GL Gem SpectrometerTM system.This
advanced gem testing tool allows for fast real-time spectral
analysis and bulk testing of both rough and faceted gemstones and
will be of great interest to gemmologists, jewellers, gem dealers
and others.The portable spectrometer (UV-VIS-NIR, 300 - 1,000 nm)
comes with the GL Halogen 10W Gem HolderTM and can be operated from
the USB port of a laptop/netbook computer…

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Student of the Week-Jackie Bartush
by jeanettecaines

Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Jackie Bartush.
Jackie came to us from Texas for a few of our Summer Intensives and
these earrings are what she made during our 22k Gold Week. She
learned how to alloy her gold for granulation, mill it out properly
with no bubbles or cracks and how to make her granules Here is how
we do it at JAI…

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travel tuesdays brings on the bagel and coffee wars
by k.o’brien jewelry

One day, not too long ago I read a blog post about Montre’al. I
stored it away in my mind and continued to look for places to take a
vacation with husband. Then I went back to the post and thought, why
not just drive to Montre’al right after Picnic Portland? And, that
is just what husband and I did. We spent three lovely and far too
hot days there. Now I just need to figure out how to afford a…

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New Mobile Bench Project
by hansmeevis

Many years ago I had a mobile jewellery workbench that included
everything that is necessary in a basic workshop to make jewellery.
Melting, rolling, fabrication and polishing. I described it Here
Unfortunately my workshop was reduced to ashes by a fire that was
started by the hotel staff where I was situated at the time. My
bench is at the bottom left. Anne and I have for the last two years
been wanting to leave this island and the time…

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AGTA Spectrum - Submission DEADLINE!
by Robyn Hawk

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a glimpse of Stella Marie Soap Company
by k.o’brien jewelry

Moving into my new studio with a great studio mate made for an easy
choice on who to feature in my try handmade column. Click here to
read about the woman behind Stella Marie Soap Company. If you are a
firm believer in the slogan “a good bath freaking rules” then get on
over to Stella Marie’s site and stock up on all of your bathing
essentials. by the way, our studio smells damn good! hugs, kim
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Enameling Workshop
by Laela Cottone

November 20th & 21st, 2010 (Sat & Sun) 10 am -4 pm At Creative
Metalworks School of Design There will also be a “Meet the Artist”
reception for Erica on Friday, November 19th from 4-8:00 pm Experience
the beauty of working with Vitreous Enamel…

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Gem Dinosaur Bone~ Jewelry, Specimens and More!
by msadesigns

High quality agatized dinosaur bone, or “gembone”, is one of our
favorite gem choices for our jewelry & lapidary art creations.
Gembone specimens can be traced back to dinosaurs that roamed the
earth during the late Jurassic Age around 150 million years ago. Gem
quality petrified dinosaur bone specimens are among the rarest
fossils in the world… a true miracle of nature! Agatized bones are
petrified with silica or quartz crystals which gives them their
colorful, glassy appearance. This process…

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The Four F’s… OK, Three F’s and a C
by noelyovovich

When things go wrong at the bench, it is almost always one or more
of the four f’s: flame, flux, fit, and, um, fastidiousness. OK,
cleanliness, but that doesn’t start with f, and four f’s sounds a
lot better than 3 f’s and a c. Flame means the amount of heat. Most
people are reluctant to use enough flame, early on anyway. I like to
recommend that people melt some things on purpose, and watch
closely. It really helps to…

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Octubre 2009
by brigittehoffmannl

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Two Pendants and The Mobile Bench
by hansmeevis

Here is something interesting. Many years ago, I purchased a parcel
of rough sapphire from some scaly dudes from Tanzania. At least,
that is where they said they were from. After I had cut all the nice
shaped stones, I was left with a bunch of mackles. So what I did is
cut the stones about 1.5mm thick with two tables on either side and
a small row of random facets around the bottom. Set the stones in
18ct…

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Student of the Week-Alice Finklestein
by jeanettecaines

Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week-Alice Finklestein.
She did a beautiful job on her ring. To create her shank we used
fine silver wire, twisted and straight. Here is what she did…

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1st post on my new blog.
by nickjohnson

Here goes, My first post… I guess this wont be a packed post as
I’ll try use it to document and showcase my best work which is going
to be few and far between but we’ll see. Its been a while since I’ve
made anything but I’ve a few ideas in the pipeline and with a new
direction and have a try at sand casting. Among other techniques.
Watch this space…

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1, 2 - no change that to 3…uh… wait maybe 4 things…
by Laurie Jane Kern

To start… THIS IS MY 100th POST! So thanks to all who have been
following me. I did my first post on 31 March 2009 so by my rough
estimate that is 76 weeks or 18 months. This works out which works
out to be about 1.3 posts per week or 5.5 posts per month. Not bad
in my opinion because I had set out to do at least one post per
week. My next news is… This pertains to…

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travel tuesdays brings us to Que’bec
by k.o’brien jewelry

With autumn approaching I thought it would be nice to show a
collection of photos rich in golden yellow accents. These were
taking while wandering the cobblestone streets of Que’bec. I fell in
love with the pale stone facades of the quaint homes. Though my
hands were full with fresh strawberries from the Marche’, I stopped
often to take some photos.Window trims and shutters are brightly
decorated. I wanted to peek inside to see if the inside was just as
pretty…

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Free tutorials and videos: how to rehydrate your clay
by Elaine Luther

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try handmade feature: Felt Like It
by k.o’brien jewelry

This week over at try handmade I wrote about local artist Amber
Alves of Felt Like It. She makes everyday objects out of felt and
adds a face for extra cuteness. Go meet Bartie and some others at my
try handmade post on Felt Like It. Or just go straight to her shop
and start stocking up on holidays gifts. Enjoy the cuteness, Kim
Please leave a comment, I would love to see what is on your
mind…

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Reality Don’t Give A Shed about Silversmithing Workshops…
by aule

Two months have passed… 1) We painted our house! 2) We moved in
our appliances! 3) The 10X16 double-decker shed got built! 4) We
remodeled our house! 5) We moved all our craft from private storage!
It is item number 5) that required major modifications to my floor
plan. Some goals simply were not practical: - The people who built
our shed placed the windows a few inches higher than in the demo
shed on the loft. Instead of standing…

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Renewal: Art Bead Scene Blog
by Elaine Luther

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object fetish fridays welcomes emiko oye
by k.o’brien jewelry

Last week husband and I visited Craftland for a gallery opening. I
had been looking forward to this opening more so than any other as
it is a jewelry exhibit and I know one of the women working hard to
curate this show. One of my favorite collections in the Chromophilia
exhibit was from the artist emiko oye. meadow 1x4 bracelet Her work
is playful, yet refined. We wouldn’t expect to see legos treated in
the same manner one would…

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Workshops
by teresamasters

Not all, is all, unto all. There are perspectives from all sides. I
hear/see most of them, as I have been actively involved in arranging
several. I’m throwing this out to all and am looking for positive
input. Regurgitation of what went wrong in your last one, is not a
path toward correction, it is another “can you top this” ploy. I
plan on focusing on the positive. So please spare me and others of
reliving unpleasantness. When you decide…

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supermarket saturdays welcomes Jellybeans
by k.o’brien jewelry

Today seems to be the official beginning to fall. It is warmer than
most autumn days today but the increasing number of crimson leaves
are making it quite clear that fall is here. As is the plentiful
harvest of apples at the farmers market. Every week our local
farmers seem to have more and more to offer and for that I am
grateful. Thanks to them we will have some fantastic end of season
pizza on the grill tonight. This…

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THRIVE! Don’t Just Survive! Seminar with Bruce Baker
by Metalwerx

It’s a pet peeve of Bruce Baker’s to walk into a craft show, and see
merchandise displayed on a table that has not been raised. “A
tabletop is meant to sit and eat at,” he said. “Your customers are
standing. The difference is eight and a half to 12 inches!” Bruce is
a craft marketing expert with 30 years experience as both a jeweler
and successful businessman. He has sold to more than 120…

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“Silver Streak” Spinning (hopefully) Top
by shelbyvision

My local gallery is putting on an exhibition of hand-made toys done
by it’s member artists, So I decided to make a top. This turned out
to be a bigger challenge than expected, because a top, to spin well
has to be well balanced, not an easy achievement on something that
is hammered out by hand. I decided to have an axis through the
center, a stainless steel bolt, which I modified slightly so the
head doubles as the point…

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Terrific Marketing Idea, Tie in with Fashion
by Elaine Luther

Lorelei Eurto at Art Bead Scene Blog has a terrific post up on how
to create a photo collage that includes your jewelry as well as some
current fashions. Great idea to help customers see themselves in
your jewelry…

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Fabrication: Modifying the elements for a better effect.
by jay whaley

A new student of mine recently asked my advice on a fabricated
pendant she had planned to mold and replicate by casting. It was
made out of curved lengths of square wire, soldered together. As I
looked at the construction, I realized that it would never mold and
cast as cleanly as the fabricated model she showed me, and I told
her so. The beauty of fabricated pieces is how clean and perfect
rolled stock can be assembled. The fact…

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Student of the Week-Beth Sugarman
by jeanettecaines

Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Beth Sugarman.
Although my personal motto is “Too much is never enough.” this ring
illustrates how beautiful simplicity can be. It also illustrates how
it isn’t so easy to make something simple. Many students want to
make rings with their bezels sunk down into the shanks but fitting
and soldering often proves challenging. Here is how to pull it off
beautifully. The first key is to solder the shank closed. If you…

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The Road and The Mobile Bench
by hansmeevis

The runway on St Maarten had to be extended and so a new road has to
be built around it. In doing so the the entrance to our shop has
been thoroughly fracked up. Luckily it is the height of low season
so not much is happening. This is the road as it approaches our
shop, and then it turns left, into Simpson Bay. Wonder Woman on the
road. I have now finished the wheel arrangement of my mobile…

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Men With Pierced Ears…
by Robyn Hawk

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage.
They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry…

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October 2010: Gem Shows
by Robyn Hawk

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details of Montre’al on travel tuesdays
by k.o’brien jewelry

No matter where I am, home or abroad, I always stop to admire the
details. Sometimes it is a carving in stone, other times iron work
but mostly I admire flowers. Here are some details from Montre’al…
Ironwork always translates into jewelry in my mind. Sometimes I see
the pattern coming together as a piercing out of a sheet of silver.
This time I see a structure made from silver wire. The leaves are so
elegant, someday this set of…

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Taking the next step…Are You Ready?
by Robyn Hawk

We all talk about taking our Jewelry Design business to the next
level, but how many of us have sat down and put a plan on paper?What
would you do if a buyer for a large department store saw a piece of
your jewelry and wanted 10 pieces for each of their 20 stores? or
even just wanted 5 OOAK pieces for a designer gallery? Plan for the
future you want - not for the life you are living…This is an…

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What all Good Art has in Common
by noelyovovich

An idea you may like, or you may reject First, let me say, I know
this is going out on a limb, even concluding that there is something
all good art has in common, let alone that I know what that is. So
let’s start from the understanding that I am proposing this notion
for your consideration. I don’t expect it to be dispositive. But
then, this is a philosophical issue, and I once heard a quote (which
I…

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Gold prices headed for steep drop?
by jay whaley

I remember when I first started making jewelry in high school, it
was 1968. I considered buying some gold to cast with, but it was
horribly expensive… $35 an ounce. Now, in Sept. 2010, it just went
over $1300 an ounce. I won’t even pretend to understand the many
reasons gold has been driven to this insane price. Investors with a
lot more understanding of financial markets than I have probably can
figure out the many market forces that make…

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a glimpse of Secret Door Projects from try handmade
by k.o’brien jewelry

This week over at try handmade, I introduced readers to artist Jean
Cozzen. He is a designer and screenprinter in charge of
sensationalizing Providence. Be sure to stop in a read my post about
Secret Door Projects. Learn a bit about our neighborhoods and be
dazzled with Jean’s designs. Please leave a comment, I would love to
see what is on your mind…

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Futheration Of The Mobile Bench–Post 4
by hansmeevis

Basically, I start with the polishing system. This requires a bit of
thought and some design because if the bench is in a place where
dust is not appreciated, then there must be no polishing dust.
Right? This is my suction unit. She is as good at her job a Linda
Lovelace was. The outlet is at the bottom, above the wheels. I made
a suction grill and if you look carefully you can see that there
is…

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The Rarified World of the Rarest of Gems
by James L. Sweaney, CGA, FGA. GG

Our old friend and former colleague at GIA, Gary Roskin, has
published an absolutely fascinating account of a major event at the
pinnacle of the gem world. Under the auspices of the Smithsonian
Institute, the most famous of all gems, the Hope Diamond, was
brought together for the first time with the Wittelsbach Blue, now
known as the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond…

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Spinning Top Spinning
by shelbyvision

An addendum to my previous post: Well, I had been afraid to try it,
fearing that it might careen out of control, not knowing what to
expect, but it turned out to be very well behaved. It stays pretty
much in one spot, very well balanced, spinning smoothly, until
slowing down when it wobbles a bit, then goes over on its side and
stops without anything bad happening. Whew!..

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Etienne Perret Does It Again!
by Robyn Hawk

From humble beginnings in his small shop in Camden, Maine, Etienne
Perret rocketed to the top of his field with his innovative use of
colored diamonds. His designs were soon available is stores across
the country.With two “Diamonds of Distinction” awards and
acknowledgement from Diamonds International and the Platinum Guild,
most would be satisfied to sit back and soak in all the acclaim -
but not Etienne Perret.While colored diamonds are still VERY much a
trademark of the Etienne Perret…

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My Favorite Sterling Silver Earrings - with Crystal Quartz s09e115
by Lava Jewelry

$34.00These are so much fun to wear; they feel so light and airy! I
normally prefer small earrings, but I’d be happy to wear my pair of
these earrings every single day of the week.These earrings are made
of sterling silver. There are four “branches” on each earring, each
with a single faceted crystal quartz bead at the end. The earrings
measure about 2 1/2 inches (7cm) in overall length (as measured from
the tops of the ear wires).Crystal quartz…

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Announcing: Mort Abelson Scholarship - Apply Today!
by Robyn Hawk

Mort Abelson Scholarship Application 2011 Revere Academy of Jewelry
Arts. Entry Fee $25.00. …

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Sparkling Sterling Silver Choker s09n023
by Lava Jewelry

$150.00This all sterling silver choker can be easily dressed up or
dressed down. It can be worn to work, for a night on the town, or a
special occasion - and it matches everything! It has 25 little
marquis-shaped sterling charms across the front, and a total of 125
sterling silver beads, wired between two sterling silver chains…

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Jewelers’ Taig CNC Milling Machine Brain Transplant (aka Board Swap)
in 32 easy steps…
by aule

Greetings from The Blessed Realm, little bits of which are seen in
every place people drive by (or luckier people live in) and label
God’s Country! Today we’re going to go into rather exhausting detail
regarding an infrequently done but sometimes very necessary chore if
CAD/CAM is a part of your jewelry or crafting repetoire. CNC milling
machines are wonderful tools but they are subject not only to
mechanical breakdown but also electronic breakdown. 1 thousand
million clock cycle per…

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All the other stuff you have to learn
by Laurie Jane Kern

Choosing Silversmithing as my future (third) career by it’s self
requires you to learn quite a bit and I am not just talking about
how to hammer the damn metal. You have to learn and know: Math -
which includes doing geometry; weight (grams, ounces and troy
ounces); area (inches, metric and those pesky fraction and decimals
after the whole numbers), and gauge conversions. Metallurgy - what
are the different alloys and how the metal reacts and behaves when
heating, quenching…

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