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The new class schedule is out for the classes at the Jewelry Center in the 92nd Street Y in NYC.  As always, they have an excellent selection of classes, workshops and even tours.

You can take classes in basic metal work skills,…

Interview is selling an ebook, 10 Metal Clay Jewelry Projects by Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist,  You can buy it and download it from here.

This ebook is part of their “Best of” series and includes 10 projects by different designers aimed at…

metalartiste sumbitted this lovely piece to the Craftgossip Flickr pool, which makes for some lovely Friday inspiration. It is a simple design and yet so elegant.

Check out her Flickrstream for more inspiration, her etsy site for the…

Ornamentea is selling new enameled washer pendants by Elaine Ray and funky new chains.

I love these pendants, they are so simple and striking that they hardly need anything else, besides something to hang them from, of course.

The chains are an exciting…

Reader Chelsey Carter Mona is the jeweler behind SilverBug Studio Jewelry at Etsy. She is also a fairly new blogger.

She plans to post tutorials twice a week.   Check out this post for the first of these planned tutorials.  This one is…

The Goldsmiths’ Fair in London is starting next week.  It will run for two weeks from the 28th of Sept to the 11th of October.

It is a great opportunity to buy jewelry and silver from exciting makers, of course.  …

If you haven’t already been to Metalliferous in NYC, it is a must visit for jewelry makers.

The store is a treasure trove of jewelry making supplies from tool to materials.  Located in the Diamond District, I always feel especially in touch…

SouthSun Products is having a yard sale of beads.  Until the 23rd, you can get up to 75% off if you buy 21 or more strands.

They also have upcoming silver jewelry sales and findings sales, so check out their website.

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Author and Jeweler Rachel Nelson-Smith responded to my past post about her book Seed Bead Fusion, to let readers know that if they are interested in any of the specific projects in her new book, they can also visit her website to…

I love this elegant “DNA Ribbon” necklace by Catharina Thomas.  It is interesting to see seed beads used in a way that makes their design reminiscent of metal work.  You can often find similar designs in gold or silver, but…

Jean Campbell, contributing editor for Beading Daily, wrote today about making coils with a handy new, and simple, tool.

I have used a similar tool for making jumprings, but hadn’t seem this “coiler” before, nor thought of using coils as beading…

Here is an excellent idea for using a material which is not commonly used in jewelry!  Reloved Designs posted this image, and other along with a commentary on the process on Craftster.org.

I love the dramatic look of these brooches and find…

Here is an excellent tutorial on crimping which was featured on Ornamentea.  If they have a great archived section of tutorials and how tos as well.  If you follow this link you will with the above tutorial as well as excellent…

Bounty_gg submitted this work to the CraftGossip Flick pool.

I love the fluid nature for the design and the rich and deep color palate.  I would love to know more about the technique which is simply noted,…

Eureka! Beads in Toomuc Valley and Cheltenham, Australia is having their twice yearly sale.

Now through September 20th in both locations and online the majority of their stock is 50% off (excluding some items).

I have also been told that for locals, a…

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