Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist March/April 2019

STAY HAPPY BY LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. So advises C.D. Davis in a recent artist Q&A posted on JewelryMakingDaily.com. A once wire-wrapper only, Davis has steadily been acquiring a host of fabrication skills and applying them as fast and thick as he can. Still showcasing colorful crystals in intricate nests of silver wire, his pieces may now also sport back plates, sides, bezels, and tiny, precisionset gems and accents of gold. Challenging himself to new accomplishments, he says, keeps jewelry making fresh and fun for him and designs fresh and fun for his followers. After you’ve found your voice, refined your aesthetic, picked up plenty of techniques and honed them well, you may discover that knowing how to dial it back is another valuable and hard-won skill. Perhaps you thrive on adding…

Your Design Riffs Designs based on projects and jewelry shown previous issues of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist. Your Settings…

STAY HAPPY BY LEARNING SOMETHING NEW. So advises C.D. Davis in a recent artist Q&A posted on JewelryMakingDaily.com. A once wire-wrapper only, Davis has steadily been acquiring a host of fabrication skills and applying them as fast and thick as he can. Still showcasing colorful crystals in intricate nests of silver wire, his pieces may now also sport back plates, sides, bezels, and tiny, precisionset gems and accents of gold. Challenging himself to new accomplishments, he says, keeps jewelry making fresh and fun for him and designs fresh and fun for his followers. After you’ve found your voice, refined your aesthetic, picked up plenty of techniques and honed them well, you may discover that knowing how to dial it back is another valuable and hard-won skill. Perhaps you thrive on…

I am writing to you because I had not been receiving your magazine for a time. I had so many magazines coming that I had to eliminate some. I recently subscribed again. I have received my first two issues, and I am so happy. They are full of design and technique information, tool information, and plenty of inspiration. I loved the classic and timely articles. Superb work! I am reading my current issue which I just received today from cover to cover. I’ve never been compelled to do that before. Normally, I would skip around and read an article here and there. But I don’t want to miss a word in this issue! I appreciate the work I know it took to present this kind of detail and knowledge. I had…

Your Design Riffs Designs based on projects and jewelry shown previous issues of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist. Your Settings…

Peggy Haupt’s Pendant in “Good Things Come in Threes” Riff on the design of any of these or other pieces within this issue, using a design feature such as color, texture, form, value, line, space, repetition, balance, contrast, unity, or variety for your sketch. Please indicate which piece your entry is based on. Sketch a setting for this 2.8ct peridot, designed and cut by Jim Perkins. From “Antique Cushion,” page 32. DEADLINES: APRIL 30, 2019 Email digital scans at 300 DPI or send photocopies of no more than three sketches per challenge, indicating the design factor that is your starting point. Sketches will not be returned. WRITE TO US ANYTIME: What do you think about what you’ve seen and read in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist? SEND SKETCHES & LETTERS for possible print or online…