Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist September - October 2016

BUILD A BETTER BRACELET and they will come? If you create a cuff that’s as striking as the one on our cover and you wear it out in public, guaranteed people will notice it. There’s also a good chance you’ll be asked about it, and those conversations could even lead to some commissions. Unless you don’t much care if your jewelry sells or not, however, the “put it out there and see what happens” approach isn’t your best option. If you really want to sell your jewelry successfully, you ought to give selling the same kind of attention you give to design and execution to make it happen. “Want to” can mean many things. Many of you “want” to sell in the sense that selling some of your extra pieces sounds like…

NEXT TIME: Jo Ann Wadler’s Enamel and Graphite Pendant, COVER. Riff on a design feature of this piece such as color, texture, form, value, line, space, repetition, balance, contrast, unity, or variety for your sketch. Sketch a setting for this precious coral from Smokin' Stones, page 18. DEADLINES: OCTOBER 31, 2016 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 publication to: Karla. Rosenbusch@fwcommunity.com. Include your name, city, and state, and indicate “Your Turn” on the subject line. DESIGN CHALLENGES YOUR COVER RIFFS:Designs based on Roger Halas’s Mokumé Gané Stingray Pendant,…

BUILD A BETTER BRACELET and they will come? If you create a cuff that’s as striking as the one on our cover and you wear it out in public, guaranteed people will notice it. There’s also a good chance you’ll be asked about it, and those conversations could even lead to some commissions. Unless you don’t much care if your jewelry sells or not, however, the “put it out there and see what happens” approach isn’t your best option. If you really want to sell your jewelry successfully, you ought to give selling the same kind of attention you give to design and execution to make it happen. “Want to” can mean many things. Many of you “want” to sell in the sense that selling some of your extra pieces…

ROGER HALAS’S T-Rex Buckle Mokumé gané, copper “Vampire Bat Linked Necklace” Page 42 HELEN DRIGGS’S Urban Concho Brooch Steel, copper, yellow brass, recycled kimono silk Cool Tools & Hip Tips Page 14 JO ANN WADLER’S Spring Pansy Ring 14K and 18K reclaimed gold, diamond, opaque and painted enamel “Techniques for Graphite & Enamel” Page 52 JEAN WILSON’S Juggling Life Pendant Sterling silver, copper “Sinuous Domed Link Bracelet” Page 28 JOHN HEUSLER’S Pectolite & Pearl Pendant Pectolite, sterling silver, pearl, diamond “Tufa Cast Wide Cuff” Page 20 ALISON ANTELMAN’S Metropolis Bracelet 18K yellow gold settings, oxidized sterling, Brazilian tourmaline, vesuvianite set on handmade box clasp “Mapping Out Jewelry Designs” Page 48 Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist Doer’s Profile Page 72 WANT TO BECOME AN LJJA CONTRIBUTOR? Contributors’ guidelines can be found at www.jewelrymakingdaily.com/submissions…

Jewelry artists rely not only on their brains but also their bodies to produce a profit. If you’re not careful, the daily stress of working in a studio and running a business can result in creative paralysis and, eventually, physical pain. As someone who’s been creatively self-employed for years, I sometimes notice I’m treating myself like a machine, piling on more and more work. If I go too far, that machine — my brain, my body — starts to shut down. I know from experience to pull back or I’ll hit the dreaded burnout. Why this happens — and how to avoid it — is the topic of numerous bestsellers in recent years, all backed by scientific research. If you run your own one-man (or -woman) shop, you’ve hopefully learned to take…

NEXT TIME: Jo Ann Wadler’s Enamel and Graphite Pendant, COVER. Riff on a design feature of this piece such as color, texture, form, value, line, space, repetition, balance, contrast, unity, or variety for your sketch. Sketch a setting for this precious coral from Smokin' Stones, page 18. DEADLINES: OCTOBER 31, 2016 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 publication to: Karla. Rosenbusch@fwcommunity.com. Include your name, city, and state, and indicate “Your Turn” on the subject line. DESIGN CHALLENGES…