This a wonderful reference book about contemporary jewelry by Debra Adelson from Lark Books with plastic and resin as the main mediums. The book begins with resourceful information about plastics and resins, followed by pages after pages of color pictures depicting of projects and jewelry pieces. This book is written for someone who has knowledge [...]
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Deemakesjewelry Recommends: The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration by Debra Adelso
Posted: January 29, 2011 in book review, contemporary art, jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: Anika Smulovitz, eccentric jewelry, jewelry art book review, Lark Jewelry Books, non-wearable art, plastic and resin in jewelry, The Art of Jewelry Plastic and Resin
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Waxing the Jeweler’s Saw
Posted: October 16, 2010 in jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: EUROTOOL BEESWAX, PREVENTING SAW BLADES FROM BREAKING, PRO-CRAFT BEES WAX, WAXING THE JEWELER'S SAW BLADES
Recently I decided to try new waxes for my saw blades. Last semester the teacher advised us to use candle wax. Now that I have tried some new waxes, I will never touch touch candle wax again. Waxing the blades are very important because it reduces the friction between the metal sheet and blade. Too [...]
Fold Forming for Jewelry Workshop with John Cogswell
Posted: October 16, 2010 in contemporary art, jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: Creative Stone Setting, Fold forming by Charles Lewton-Bain, forging, heat patina, John Cogswell, Peters Valley, SUNY New Paltz
From September 9-12, 2010, I attended a fold forming workshop at the Peters Valley Craft Center in Layton, NJ. Peters Valley property has been poorly maintained since it opened 4o years ago because the U.S. Park Service maintains it. Some of the pictures I took include the mansion I stayed at which had 7 bedrooms [...]
My Recent Shopping Trip for Jewelry Supplies in NYC
Posted: September 5, 2010 in beading, jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: Dikra Gems, Metalliferous, Metalsmithing supplies, New York City Jewelry supply
I am asked a lot about where I purchase the metal sheets and the supplies needed for school. So far, I have shopped at Metalliferous and Dikra Gems, both located in New York City, to purchase my supplies. Metalliferous has a HUGE supply of hammers, files, metal sheet and lots of other goodies. I could [...]
University and Scholarship Art News
Posted: August 29, 2010 in contemporary art, jewelry making, latina, metalsmithingTags: annealed metal, Art in Latin America, fold forming, forging hammer, Honduras, Rio Grande, video on fold forming
Back to the University for me this week, for Jewelry and Art in Latin America. I am eager to learn more about the learn more about the arts and my Latin American roots. My mother’s family is from Honduras so I was raised in an American-Latino cultured home. Even though I have been exposed to [...]
How I Created My First Ring
Posted: March 9, 2010 in jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: creating a ring, doming, jeweler's saw, saw blades, soldering
At the University, we were assigned a ring project for our first project. One of the first things I learned in class was to use the jeweler’s saw. It took awhile to get use to it and I broke a few saw blades along the way. Once I master the use of the saw, I [...]
Jewelry- it all begins with a sheet
Posted: March 8, 2010 in contemporary art, jewelry making, metalsmithingTags: Jewelry I, jewelry making, using sheet metal in jewelry
I am half-way through my semester at the University and I am loving my classes of Western Civ, Art History II and Jewelry I. In my Jewelry class, we have learned that the most important step to jewelry making is to the decide which metals will be used in your piece. Each metal has a [...]
