Editors' Blog
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The first time my mom and I went to the Bead&Button Show we had no idea what to expect. We were still in the early stages of making our own jewelry, where all of our supplies could still be easily stowed out of sight in a closet, or large cabinet...
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It's very common in art challenges to make a product based on a theme, a color, or some other set idea — in fact, we at Art Jewelry do it with our Facebook design challenge every month. Once a month, we introduce a theme, and our Facebook fans post...
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We're giving away three pairs of tickets to the 2012 Bead&Button Show! Just respond to this blog post, and your name will be entered into a random drawing to win a pair of tickets. (The tickets will cover entrance to the show floor, not travel to...
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It's days like today, when the sun is shining and the wind is brisk, but comfortable, when I think, "This would be a great day to be working in the studio!" While I'll spend most of my evenings this week finishing up "parts" for a new jewelry piece and...
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Last week my husband's alma mater, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee , hosted an opening reception for Metals!12 , a juried student exhibition running from April 19–May 9, 2012. Any UWM student that has produced a piece in a Jewelry or Metalsmithing...
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When I got back from my trip to the Tucson gem and mineral shows in February, I brought with me four little copper squiggles — or "funnel cakes," as we soon dubbed them. I included the little darlings in one of our bimonthly newsletters, as part...
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Recently, we had a very successful call for entries that has since become our Hardware Store Gallery . The response was almost overwhelming - there was a great deal of creativity that we, as editors, were privileged to witness. And did I mention excitement...
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Recently, I took a workshop with polymer artist, Cynthia Toops (see one of her pieces in the Gallery of our September 2007 issue, or view it here ). Toops is best known for her polymer micro mosaic pieces, made with bits of polymer thinner than the lead...
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My husband is really into music. And not just the what-was-the-#1-song-the-second-week-in-April-1983 kind of way. Nope, he also has a ridiculously eclectic and unusual music collection. Let's just say, although we have a walk up attic for his "music library...
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This weekend, I'm participating in the first Art Crawl of the season in downtown Waukesha, WI at Random Twigs , a retail store/working art studio where I will be renting studio space in the coming months. While there isn't usually a theme for the Art...
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I love the idea of alternative sources for jewelry inspiration and materials. After several homes and countless home-improvement projects I have drawers full of old paint chips, countertop samples, ceramic tiles, bolts, nails, and oodles of random scraps...
Filed under: inspiration, found object jewelry, tutorials, Subscriber-only Exclusive, steel wire jewelry, Brenda Schweder, upcycle, unusual materials, call for entry, hardware store, Ace Hardware, newsletter, crate training, Christopher C. Darway, Metal Clay Jewelry
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I recently joined a few jewelry-themed Flickr groups. I use the term "joined" a little loosely here — I did it in an effort to spur my own creativity a little bit, but so far I've only produced design ideas, not pieces. January got eaten up by all...
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This week, I interviewed Laura Wood (founder of the East Carolina University [ECU] Metals Symposium, Material Topics) and Leia Zumbro (coordinator of this years symposium, Material Topics: Merging Methods ) . This year's symposium took place January 13...
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Somedays working here isn't nearly as glamorous as some people might imagine. There is loads of paperwork, lots of checking, (and rechecking) for typos, grammar, continuity of instructions, image resolution, updating the database, website, cursing at...
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Here at Kalmbach (the parent company of Art Jewelry magazine), we're very proud of The Bead&Button Show. With nearly 400 vendors and over 750 classes, it's the largest jewelry and bead show in the world. And at Art Jewelry , we're particularly proud...
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