Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist: Gems, Beads, Jewelry Making and more
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Namu Cho’s MIRAGE 5 Damascene brooch, of steel, 24K gold, 24K gold fused on 18K gold, and 7 diamonds. Warm Gold and Cold Steel, page 36.

Lapidary Journal - Jewelry Artist September 2007
Volume 61, Number 6

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

FACETS
Your Turn, News, Innovations

14

ASK THE EXPERTS
by Tom & Kay Benham

16

COOL TOOLS
by Helen I. Driggs
Specialty Pliers

19 CARVE A SUNSTONE - Project
by Tom & Kay Benham
22 SMOKIN’ STONES
by Sharon Elaine Thompson
Oregon Sunstone
23 SUNSTONE WAVES PENDANT - Project
by Jessica Dow & Mark Anderson
28 TRENDS
by Annie Osburn
Color Forecast
29 COLORFUL STAR PENDANT - Project
by Eleanore MacNish
32 JEWELRY ARTS AWARDS 2007
36 WARM GOLD AND COLD STEEL
by Rachel V. Katz
40 DAMASCENE BROOCH/PENDANT - Demo
by Namu Cho as told to Helen Driggs
52 DESIGNS from Our CONTRIBUTORS
54 YIN/YANG TABLE
Facet Design by John Hamer
56 FORGED BRACELET WITH A TWIST - Project
by William Fretz
59 THE LOWDOWN ON ANNEALING
by Sharon Elaine Thompson
64 JEWELRY SINCE THE ’60S
by Cathleen McCarthy
72 ROCK CORNER
by Claus Hedegaard
Jasper
74 MEDIA REVIEW
Working with Gemstones:
A Bench Jeweler’s Guide
by Arthur Anton Skuratowicz and Julie Nash
75 PRODUCT NEWS
76 EVENTS
98 The Jewelry Artist
DOER’S PROFILE
Barbara M. Berk, G.G.

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
82

Jewelry Classes

84

Gem & Jewelry Shops

86

Fee Mining

88 Web Site Directory
90 Marketplace
92 Classifieds
97 Advertisers’ Index