Issues

March 2008

Evey issue of Art Jewelry gives you:
  • Step-by-step instructions to teach you how to make beautiful pieces of jewelry
  • Full color photos to get you inspired by others' work
  • Artist interviews where you'll learn about the artists' motivation and inspiration
  • Plus exclusive online access to download jewelry projects, post photos of your own work in the Subscriber Gallery, and read reviews of products tested by the editors
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Features
Midwestern Renaissance
By Hazel L. Wheaton
While metal-arts programs across the country are facing budget cuts and closures, the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are leveraging a creative approach and a receptive community to make their metals program grow.
pg. 28
A Conversation with Jack da Silva
The founder of the MAKER school talks about the current state of education and his own history.
pg. 34
What is a Teaching Artist
By Kristin Sutter
A career move that will allow you to make money, make a difference, and keep making your own art.
pg. 38
Cross-pollination
Cultivate a variety of techniques to build a hybrid pod pendant.
pg. 50
Wire Symmetry Made Easy
By Addie Kidd
Shape your leaf forms two at a time to make perfectly matched pairs.
pg. 57
Fahrenheit 650º: The temperature at which keum-boo fuses
Fuse silver to silver and fuse gold to silver to make a seamless sphere.
pg. 62
No-Fuss Enamels
By Pam East, Jane Levy
Your paint: watercolor enamels Your canvas: steel Your frame: metal clay
pg. 69
By Howard Siegel
Use basic fusing and simple wireworking to create a classic silver chain.
pg. Online exclusive
Departments
From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton
Contributors: About Our Artists & Writers
Reader Forum
Your letters, your questions and our answers.
Book and Media Reviews
Which to buy, which to read, and which to avoid.
Product Reviews
What's new on the market and what's worth adding to the workbench.
Gallery
A collection of pieces to intrigue and inspire you.
Basics
Demonstrations and definitions of beginning jewelry-making techniques needed for the projects in this issue.
Contacts and Suppliers
Where to contact the artists and find the materials and tools used in this issue.
Shows & Workshops
A listing of events throughout the U.S.
Beyond Jewelry
Marie Frances Quinn's Greenhouse: a copper flower with a twist, created using jewelry-making techniques.
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