Monthly Archive for: ‘September, 2013’

  • How to Make Photopolymer Plates

    In response to a question in a comment, here’s a video from the show Beads, Baubles and Jewels, that shows you how to make a photopolymer plate (PPP). Where can you buy photopolymer plates? Art Clay World Boxcar Press and here are links to more …

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  • Laser cut earrings from the Maker Lab!

    Ever wanted to know how to make acrylic laser cut jewelry? I took at workshop at the Chicago Public Library’s Maker Lab and got to learn just that. The software, while not at all intuitive, was easy to learn and it has some things in …

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  • Free Tutorials and Videos: 60 Second Tube Setting with a Flex Shaft

    Tube setting can be so quick! Here’s a terrific tutorial from Karen Christians: http://www.cleverwerx.com

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  • Guide to Polishing Silver, from Jeffrey Herman

    Jeffrey Herman is an amazingly skilled repairman and metalsmith, and an actual Silversmith, in the sense of the word of being able to raise a teapot from a flat sheet of silver. If I ever had an heirloom piece of silver that needed repair, Jeff …

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  • Review: Making Art a Practice

    You would think I would have read enough of these books by now, wouldn’t you? Perhaps it’s because making art can be a solitary activity, that I’ll take all the encouragement I can get, and there are some terrific books that are very positive and …

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  • Must Read Blog Posts from Luann Udell

    The Best Medicine: http://faso.com/fineartviews/64459/the-best-medicine Be An Art Hero: Join an Open Studio Tour: http://luannudell.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/be-an-art-hero-join-an-open-studio-tour PERSPECTIVE, and ADVICE FOR NEW BLOGGERS: http://luannudell.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/perspective-and-advice-for-new-bloggers I could choose so many more! But three is a magic number, so we’ll go with that. Photo by Renaude Hatsedakis

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  • “My Art” Inventory App, Could This Replace Bento?

    Inventory is a dry subject to most, but jewelry artist Tamra Gentry gets excited about inventory and databases. When I attended her talk for the Chicago Metal Arts Guild, I learned how she handles inventory and what some of the options are for databases. There …

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  • You Can See My Jewelry in the Illinois Artisans Shops

    This week I delivered earrings, one bracelet and lots of pendants, mostly sterling or fine silver, to the Illinois Artisans Shop in the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. Above is a picture of one of the pieces I delivered, it’s cast in sterling silver from …

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