Jewelry Artist January 2009

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Bracelet by Patricia McCleery. Old Indian coin, Chinese writing stone, fossil mammoth tusk, turquoise, bronze, silver, 22K. Trends, page 48. Photo: Jim Lawson.


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Lapidary Journal - Jewelry Artist March 2009
Volume 62, Number 12

Print Magazine Table of Contents
Features | Special Advertising Sections

P R I N T     F E A T U R E S

 6

MY TURN
from the Editor

 8

YOUR TURN
Reader Sketches & Comments

10

DESIGNS from Our CONTRIBUTORS

12

FACETS
News & Innovations

14

ASK THE EXPERTS
by Tom & Kay Benham

16

COOL TOOLS & HIP TIPS
by Helen I. Driggs
Drawing and Design Tools

19

SKETCHING FOR JEWELRY ARTISTS
 by Sharon Elaine Thompson

24

SMOKIN' STONES
by Sharon Elaine Thompson
Spinel

25

SPINEL BELLE RING
Project by Helen Blythe-Hart

30

SUMMER SUNSHINE III
Facet Design by Ernie Hawes

31

GRAPHIC GOLDSMITHS
 by Cathleen McCarthy

39

INVISIBLE CONNECTION GRAPHIC EARRINGS
Project by Hadar Jacobson

44

INDEX TO VOLUME 62

48

TRENDS
 by Annie Osburn
Tribal Echoes

50

TRIBAL SHIELD COPPER EARRINGS
 Project by Tom & Kay Benham

54

ROCK CORNER
Iron Nickel Meteorite
by Claus Hedegaard

56

PRODUCT NEWS

58

MEDIA REVIEW
Creative Stonesetting
by John Cogswell

60

EVENTS

82

The Jewelry Artist DOER’S PROFILE
Lynne Merchant


S P E C I A L     A D V E R T I S I N G    S E C T I O N S

62

Jewelry Classes

66

Gem & Jewelry Shops

76

 Classifieds

81

 Advertisers’ Index

81

 Website Directory

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