Nothing matches jewelry.
Unlike many goods and services, people only buy jewelry when they want to and not because they have to. Jewelry always makes people happy. Art form. Intrinsic value. History. Affiliation. Heirlooms. Sharing love. Memories. Physics. In addition to all of the good reasons why people enjoy this field…
Annealed Studio’s Classes & Workshops
Annealed Studio in Cranford, NJ invites students and jewelers of all levels to ignite their creativity and make beautiful jewelry!
They offer classes and workshops along with ample open studio time to practice skills learned. Annealed Studio's equipment and tools are available…
Study Across the Pond
The British Academy of Jewellery is London's leading training provider for the Jewellery sector, offering industry-certified vocational qualifications of the highest standard.
Here, technical training is not an afterthought, and students do not shy away from originality and creativity.&nbs…
Andres Cardenas -- Nobles Metales
Andres Cardenas's jewelry roots trace back to Bogota, Colombia, South America where he worked at a prestigious jewelry company that specialized in emeralds and emerald jewelry. Since then, he has built his own business in the United States, where he designs and fabricates each piece of jewelr…
Gerry Lewy
Meet Gerry Lewy, accomplished diamond setter and Guinness World Record holder.
Gerry Lewy has been setting diamonds for 54 years, a trade he learned in Toronto, Canada. His forte is bead-setting (a.k.a. pave or bright cutting), and he has achieved his excellence by using his assortmen…
7 Techniques - One Ring
This ring, designed and made by Rick Hamilton, was created using several techniques. The gem was hand cut by Joe Jelks from blue chalcedony rough. The bezel was fabricated from 18k yellow gold flat wire stock. The ring shank was designed in ArtCAM, cut in wax on a milling machine, and then cast in…
Four Boys and a Bench
How Serena Sciarrini - mother of four boys - manages to make time to make jewelry we're not sure. But here's a terrific shot of her gorgeous bench.
Serena was a designer of kidswear in Brussels and has a high regard for crafts, so when she moved to Montreal, she attended the School o…
On Savoring the Process
My new policy on jewelry is: it's ready when it's ready.
I will not rush anything and compromise the final piece. I am a firm believer in the best things are the ones you wait for ... the pieces that are savored at the bench, proudly polished, and carefully presented.
Those pieces that ho…
Joel Conrad on Mentoring
I'm not sure where to begin. I think I've done just about everything in my 24-year history.
It all started for me as a kid, struggling to figure out what to do when I grew up. I worked at a company that manufactured men's die-struck jewelry. I could only clean so many bathrooms and t…
Bench Life
Wade Designs in North Carolina provides custom design services in their retail store and online. They are a great model of how to do custom jewelry at scale, and John Wade's design vision is unique and playful. Anyway, if you want to be a custom jeweler and make exciting new jewelry designs…