Blogging for jewelers and metalsmiths made easy! (and for those interested in jewelry and gemstones)

Title: Philadelphia Jeweler Layne Freedline’s Design Wins Jewelry Artist Magazine Design Challenge Date: Philadelphia, PA; September 2009 Summary: Philadelphia jewelry designer Layne Freedline wins “Design Challenge” award in Jewelry Artist magazine’s September 2009 issue. Body: Layne Freedline’s outstanding original jewelry design won the “Design Challenge” hosted by Jewelry Artist magazine. The sketch of her gorgeous […]

Input is appreciated…I’ve been working on this for ages!_______________________I was surrounded by collections as a child. The primary colors of the old fiestaware in the kitchen, the muted tones of the antique oil paintings in our living room, the colors and textures of vintage rugs and fabric. All of these things formed within me a […]

It’s a little known fact that you can clean your silver jewelry perfectly with a simple solution called Tarnex available at most hardware/home improvement stores. Tarnex smells bad and is too harsh of a chemical to be used around pearls, amber and other soft organic jewelry materials. However it does not effect harder gemstones like […]

The second parts of a two part series. Keeping small parts in order.