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July 2015 • Volume 69, Number 3
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CONTENTS
4
My Turn
From the Editor: Brass Tactics
6
Your Turn
Design Challenges & Letters
8
Their Turn
A Gallery of This Issue’s Contributors
10
Net Profits: New Ideas for
Social Media Marketing
by Cathleen McCarthy
more at jewelrymakingdaily.com/netprofits
14
Cool Tools & Hip Tips: Brass is the New Black
by Helen I. Driggs
14
48
FOSSILIZED RED OAK
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20
Smokin’ Stones: Fossilized Red Oak
by Sharon Elaine Thompson
Fossilized Red Oak & Silver Pendant
jewelry project by Lexi Erickson
26
How to Develop a Line: Production Earrings
jewelry demo by Betsy Lehndorff
32
Metal & More: Resin and Silver Earrings
by Laurel Nathanson
36
Trends: Opal Essence
by Deborah Yonick
32
l a pida ry jo u r n a l ) ( J e w e l ry a rt i s t
42
Square Wire Heart Pendant
jewelry project by Lilian Chen
JEWELRY PHOTOGRAPHY
48
56
Photographing Gems and Jewelry
selling by Terri Haag
Easy Jewelry Photography
demo by Azur Mele
60
New at Buying Lapidary Rough?
materials by Jeff Fulkerson
ABOUT OUR COVER:
Lilian Chen’s Square Wire
Hearts, page 42; inset: Lexi
Erickson’s Fossilized Red Oak
& Silver Pendant, page 20.
PHOTOS: JIM LAWSON
ADVERTISING SECTIONS
72
Focus on Education
76
Classifieds
76
Gem & Jewelry Shops
76
Fee Mining
77
Advertisers’ Index
66
Facets
News & Product Innovations
74
Ask the Experts
by Tom & Kay Benham
80
The
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
Doer’s Profile: Christy Klug
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