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From the Studio – Etching!
Next weekend we’re hosting a super fun Weekend Workshop on Etching! Saturday + Sunday | Jun 25+26 |11am-5pm | $240 | Register Now! In this two day weekend workshop students will discover how to create raised patterns in metal without using any special equipment! You’ll learn how to transfer images onto metal to etch a variety designs using a…
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From the Studio – Salt Casting!
This weekend we’re hosting a super fun one day workshop on Salt Casting! Saturday | Jun 11 |11am-5pm | $179 | Register Now! Salt Casting is the art of melting metal to its molten form and then pouring it over salt. This creates spontaneous forms and unusual shapes. In this workshop we learn how to…
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Student Spotlight: Michaela Turley of Mijatu
Michaela Turley is the designer and maker behind small jewelry brand, Mijatu. Working out of her home studio in New York City, she originally came from the sunny shores of Australia where she was constantly surrounded, and ultimately influenced by the strength and natural beauty of the environment around her. LJS: What’s your background? How…
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Student Spotlight: Jennifer Dunham
LJS: What’s your background? How did you get into jewelry making, and when? JD: While working a corporate fashion job, I was looking for something to put more creative energy into. I wanted to start my own business and find more fulfillment in my work- It wasn’t until Sept/Nov 2015 where the medium became jewelry.…
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Artist Spotlight : Emilie Shapiro!
We absolutely love Emilie Shapiro’s work so much. Not just her incredible use of natural stone elements and recycled metals but how she pairs them with contemporary techniques and experimentation that are incorporated into her work as a celebration of the beauty of natural imperfection. All production and resources are kept as local as possible, and…
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MJSA Expo! Spotlight ~ Gangi Gems
Hi all! This past Sunday – Tuesday was the jewelry industry’s MJSA Expo. I went to the Jacob Javits Center on Manhattan’s west side on a cold rainy Monday morning to check out what’s new and exciting in the industry. I’m so happy I did! Among all the new CAD programs and laser machines…
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Class Spotlight! The Amazing World of Wax Carving
Spring classes are starting soon! Intro to Wax Carving is a fantastic class to get your feet wet in this versatile medium! You may ask What is Wax Carving? Well, the art of wax carving dates back all the way to 3500 BCE! Probably even earlier! Ancient civilizations used the beeswax that had been leftover…
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Student Spotlight: Huan Wang of Jewelyrie
LJS: What’s your background? How did you get into jewelry making, and when? HW: I have been a stay home mom ever since one year after I graduated from prestigious Parson’s school of design, I wanted to be a top notch high end fashion designer back then. Instead I spent the past 20 years build…