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Pearl & Bead Stringing Critical Niche in Jewlery Making Industry
I made a brief video outlining my objections to a recent article in an influential trade publication that offered subpar advice to its readership. Pearl and bead stringing is a critical niche in the jewelry making trade, just as stone … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Manufacturing Tips
Tagged bench jewelers, crimps, knotting, MJSA, pearl and bead stringing, wire
Has Jewelry Become Irrelevant?
As we begin 2014 and confront the myriad problems facing the nation, anxiety over health care, joblessness, the government’s apparent inability to do anything but blunder around in a flaccid economy, and so on and on, it’s hard to escape … Continue reading
Posted in Jewelry Design, Jewelry History
Tagged Alexander Calder, making jewelry, Metropolitan Museum of Art, wearable art, wire, wire brooch, wire jewelry
Crimps Ruin this Necklace Design
I named this little company “Professional Pearl and Bead Stringing” for a reason. I wanted to distinguish it from other types of pearl and bead stringing, specifically the all-too-widespread practice of teaching one technique, such as using crimps, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Jewelry Design, Manufacturing Tips
Tagged crimps, findings, jewelry design, jewelry making, jump rings, wire