AGTA GemFair Tucson 2009

November 25, 2008

Seminar Program Details http://www.agta.org/tradeshows/gft-seminars.html If you have not yet registered for the 2009 AGTA GemFair Tucson, please click here.

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Revere Academy Announces 2009 Master’s Symposium

November 23, 2008

The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts reveals Masters classes in the 2009 class: Each spring the Academy invites prominent master craftsmen from across the country and overseas to teach workshops in their areas of specialization. A reception and slide lecture by visiting masters is open to the public each Wednesday evening during the Symposium.We are […]

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A Gem of a Find

November 21, 2008

An appropriate discovery – Opal is the birthstone for the month of October and at the end of October, this year, NASA made the following announcement: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed Martian rocks containing a hydrated mineral similar to opal. The rocks are light-toned and appear cream-colored in this false-color image taken by the […]

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2,000-year-old Gold Earring Found in Jerusalem

November 20, 2008

By Shawna Ohm, Associated Press Writerposted: 10 November 2008 10:05 am ET This undated photo made available by the Israeli Antiquities Authority on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 shows what archaeologists say is a 2,000-year-old gold earring discovered beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem’s old city. The Israel Antiquities Authority says the […]

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Mikimoto – The Original

November 18, 2008

http://www.mikimotoamerica.com In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto successfully created the world’s first cultured pearl, THE ORIGINAL, launching today’s cultured pearl industry and making pearls available to women everywhere. This classic piece of jewelry, THE ORIGINAL Akoya strand, has been reproduced the world over, evolving from a trademark of nobility to an icon of style. Mikimoto. THE ORIGINAL. […]

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MetalSmithing – Free Online Tutorials

November 17, 2008

5 Reasons Solder Doesn’t Flow – Don Norris I was asked for some tutorials, by a couple ladies in my Jewelry Making Class and thought I would share the info….First – if you want to learn it there is probably a tutorial online for it – Google is your friend!Two places I look to for […]

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AGTA GemFair Tucson

November 14, 2008
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Ganoksin’s Orchid Digest

October 25, 2008

OK – I have saved the best for last – The Orchid Forum is an interactive discussion with working and retired jewelers so the advice given is firsthand, current information from people who have been there and have been doing this “jewelry thing” for years!http://www.userblogs.ganoksin.com/orchid/orchid.htm Orchid is both a reservoir of content and a network […]

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What is The Ganoksin Project?

October 23, 2008

Ok…so you know about the Orchid Blogs and, if you had the time to read the lengthy bio, you know about how Ganoksin came to be. But there is so much more to this jewel!!! The Ganoksin Project is… The Tip’s From The Jeweler’s Bench Library: Ganoksin’s rich collection of free online-articles, technical papers, reports, […]

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The Ganoksin Project

October 21, 2008

The Ganoksin Project is now 12 years old, born in Bangkok and Calgary in 1995-96. In Thai Ganok means pure gold, Sin means art, and together they can be thought of as meaning ‘The Art of Gold‘. The Ganoksin logo was designed by Eran Shakine, an Israeli artist whose work is on Ganoksin, a childhood […]

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