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Jewelry Techniques
by Maggie MacLean on February 25, 2009
Designer of Silver and Gold Jewelry
Renowned jewelry designer John Atencio began his extraordinary career in 1968. His success led him to open his first store in Ft. Collins, Colorado in 1976, sellin...
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Jewelry Techniques
by Maggie MacLean on October 14, 2008
Yummi Glass is Allison Overbeke's collection of exquisitely handcrafted glass jewelry. Ms. Overbeke is a rising star in the fashion jewelry world with her collections in the finest boutiques in th...
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by Maggie MacLean on September 15, 2008
Marcia Moran was born, raised, and educated in Brazil. Inspired by her father, she became a dentist in the early 90s, and started her own dental practice in Sao Paulo in 1994, but she always wanted to...
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by Maggie MacLean on September 3, 2008
Fine Fashion Jewelry
Technibond is a trademarked plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. It consists of 40 mm of 18 karat Gold bonded to Sterling Silver. Each piece has a life...
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by Maggie MacLean on August 22, 2008
After studying fashion design and working in the apparel industry in Sapporo Japan, Yasuko azuma moved to New York City in 1994. A lifelong fascination with the inherent beauty and power of gemstones ...
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by Maggie MacLean on August 21, 2008
Unique Metal and Gemstone Jewelry
Micky Roof was introduced to the art of jewelry making by her high school art teacher, Edward Hoops, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She earned a B.S. in Art Education fr...
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Jewelry Techniques
by Maggie MacLean on August 20, 2008
Metal and Gemstone Jewelry
Anna Whitmore began her journey in jewelry design while still in high school; over the following years, her education within the craft of metalworking continued, though it w...
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by Maggie MacLean on August 14, 2008
Metalsmith and Jewelry Designer
Elisa Bongfeldt's art is made of Sterling Silver and 22k Bimetal as well as freshwater pearls. Over the past few years, she has used sterling silver tubing as inspi...
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by Maggie MacLean on August 11, 2008
Metalsmith and Jewelry Designer
Danielle Miller grew up in a steel mill town in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania. Growing up surrounded by beautiful rolling hills juxtaposed by bridges, ra...
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by Maggie MacLean on August 8, 2008
Master Goldsmith and Jewelry Designer
Krikawa Jewelry Designs is a small, family operated business, located in Tucson, Arizona. KJD is run by the husband and wife team of John and Lisa Krikawa. Lisa i...
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by Maggie MacLean on June 18, 2008
Jenifer Balducci has a bachelor's degree in fine art from UCLA and a certificate in jewelry design from Gemological Institute of America. She also studied jewelry fabrication at the Academy of Art...
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by Maggie MacLean on May 13, 2008
Cuff Daddy is an online cufflink store based in metro Washington D.C. Cuff Daddy specializes in unique, high quality cufflinks not found elsewhere in the United States. They source the best discount c...
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by Maggie MacLean on May 9, 2008
Somers Randolph is not a jewelry designer, he's a sculptor. Known for his larger pieces, Somers has also spent 30 years carving in miniature. When his wife Hillary discovered a virtual treasure tr...
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by Maggie MacLean on May 8, 2008
Judith Neugebauer has worked as a jeweler since 1974. Prior to that, she was trained in classical ballet, having studied extensively with the American Ballet Theater in New York City. She performed pr...
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by Maggie MacLean on May 7, 2008
Jeannine McKenzie has been a jeweler for more than thirty years. She displayed her work on the art show circuit from 1974 to 1986, winning numerous awards at some of the finest juried shows in the Mid...
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by Maggie MacLean on May 6, 2008
Zoe is a trained goldsmith and describes her work as being inspired by friends, who are dynamic and fashion forward women, and who know how to mix and match styles, colors, textures, and trends to cre...
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by Maggie MacLean on April 4, 2008
Designer Jewelry
Brown diamonds are very hot in the fashion world these days. The shades and hues of brown diamonds, usually grouped under the category of champagne diamonds, can be light and pinkish ...
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by Maggie MacLean on March 7, 2008
millefiori Jewelry
Millefiori is a type of Italian glass that uses various layers of color to create beautiful flower-like patterns. The Murrina are cylindrical glass rods that contain a specific patt...
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Jewelry Techniques
by Maggie MacLean on March 6, 2008
Argentium® Sterling Silver
By definition, sterling silver has 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other materials. Pure silver (fine silver) is rather soft, so adding another metal helps make sterling silver ...
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by Maggie MacLean on February 21, 2008
I ran across some fabric jewelry the other day. It's an interesting concept, so I looked for more, and I was amazed at how much I found. The attraction would be the infinite number of patterns and...
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by Maggie MacLean on February 5, 2008
Resin jewelry is made from liquid plastic that magically turns solid when a hardener is added. Resin is quite a versatile medium for jewelry. It can be cast into virtually any shape or color, and can ...
