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Rhapsody in blue: Paula Crevoshay

Paula Crevoshay has always designed around stones, and she’s never been one to shy away from a bold interplay of...
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Jewels from the heart for Valentine’s Day

Wearing your heart on your sleeve or someone else’s heart near yours – that’s a tradition that goes way back....
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Rock stars: Sherris Cottier Shank

Sherris Cottier Shank has always been fascinated by moving water, particularly waterfalls and streams. She spent years studying and photographing...
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How to photograph jewelry: DIY tips from successful designers #2

Second in a series on DIY tips from jewelry artists for shooting your own jewelry Like Hilary Hachey, jewelry artist...
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Patricia Tschetter: white hot granulation

Except for the help of electricity and modern chemistry, most of what jewelry artists do at the bench isn’t all...
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Joyce Scott: narrative beadwork

Joyce Scott’s beaded jewelry is often figurative, and not in a subtle way. Her figures swell beyond jewelry proportions: faces...
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Rock stars: gem and jewelry artist Trent Mann

Trent Mann was painting canvases and sculpting full-time when he started his lapidary business 21 years ago. He learned production...
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Rock stars: pioneer Bernd Munsteiner

World’s largest aquamarine carving, the 10.363-carat Dom Pedro, goes on display Thursday at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural...
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How to photograph jewelry: DIY tips from successful designers #1

Selling jewelry online requires compelling digital images, and lots of them. If you have the time and money, you can hire a professional product photographer to shoot your jewelry - or you can do it yourself. More and more jewelry artists are learning to do just that. A few are really good at it.
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Pierre-Yves Paquette: modern mokume gane

When you first look at the sleek ring designed by Montreal-based jewelry artist Pierre-Yves Paquette, nominated for last year’s Niche...
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Helen Drutt: advocate of contemporary studio jewelry

Few people have done more to push contemporary studio art jewelry forward than Helen Drutt. She was teaching craft history...
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A short history of the chain

Since ancient times, the chain has enjoyed a coveted place in jewelry. It represents eternal love and all the other...
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How to photograph jewelry: DIY tips from successful designers #3

When you have to produce new jewelry images every week, as many sucessful Etsy shop owners do, it helps to have nature working for you. Sheila Arguello Slick's backdrop is the tropical paradise in her own backyard.
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How to build your own website to sell your jewelry

It’s easier than ever to put up an ecommerce site these days, with all the self-hosting options, free templates and...
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So Young Park: hammered, soldered abstractions

You can tell at a glance that So Young Park combines several ancient techniques in her jewelry, but the designs...
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