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March 2010 | 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  | What is Shibuichi? Shibuichi (shee-boo-EE'-shee): An ancient copper-and-silver alloy that gives jewelry makers the chance to play with colorful patinas. • Online Extras! Learn how to make your own metal ingots. • Making your own metal? Use our online alloy calculator to instantly determine your own shibuichi ratios! |
 | Step Up Your Metal Clay Skill Set By
Deb Fitz Improve your craft à la carte in this technique-packed earring project. |
 | Make Quick Coil-Wrapped Links Grab a pair of forming pliers and complete this bracelet in one afternoon. |
 | Shibuichi Cuff: An Exercise in Riveting By
Addie Kidd Learn how to make decorative rivets while working with this uncommon alloy. |
 | At Terri McCarthy Studios, Practice Jewelry Making from the Inside Out By
Kristin Sutter An ever-expanding group of devoted jewelry students find a home away from home in Terri McCarthy's two-room studio in small-town Wisconsin. • Online Extra! See a gallery of jewelry from students at Terri McCarthy studios. |
 | How to Get the Most Out of a Class By
Hazel L. Wheaton How do you make sure you don't waste your time and money? By choosing well, preparing correctly, taking it seriously, and following through. |
 | By
Deb Fitz |
Departments From the Editor: Hazel Wheaton Taking the leap: how education prepares us for taking professional, personal, and creative leaps.
Contributors: About Our Artists Our artists share the most valuable advice they ever got from a teacher. Reader Forum We share your thoughts and questions. Reviews - For a treasure of a book on chasing and repoussé, look no further than Nancy Megan Corwin's Chasing and Repoussé: Methods Ancient and Modern
Metalsmithing 101 by Michael David Sturlin Stone Sense by Richard M. Shull G.G. Turquoise: One of the most imitated stones. Studio Savvy by Christopher C. Darway Measure for measure. Business Savvy by Marlene Richey Part-time Teaching: Pay it forward and boost business. Gallery A collection of pieces to intrigue and inspire you A Conversation with Alison Lee The founder and host of Craftcast.com talks about new formats for online education, a history of reaching out that goes back to Girl Scouts, and fixing a Rockette’s zipper.
Basics See demonstrations and definitions of beginning jewelry-making techniques needed for projects in this issue.
• Online Extras! Check out our jewelry-making tutorials and videos on basic techniques for metal, metal clay, wirework, polymer clay, enamel, and more! Also, find out what tools and supplies you should have in your jewelry-making toolbox.Beyond Jewelry Rebecca Barton combines chasing and repoussé with beautiful patinas to make a copper tree stump … or is it? Online Exclusive: Find Events and Classes Near You
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