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LAPIDARY AND JEWELRY ARTISTS / STUDIOS
BarlowsGems
Here you will find many unique gemstone materials, custom cut into designer
cabochons for the creative jeweler or wire wrapper. We mine and search worldwide
for unusual and distinctive patterned, rough stone materials. We cut all our own
cabochons. We will custom cut the heart out of a stone to bring you the best
designer cabochon available!
Helen Blythe-Hart
Inventor of the acclaimed Heat Zone Soldering Method, has been practicing her
metal artistry for over 28 years and teaching students for 15 years both at
University and Community levels on the East Coast and locally.
Cooperman Jewelry
Please consider this site a portal, a gallery window through which to become
acquainted with my work. From commissioned rings to one of a kind brooches and
neckpieces, all of my work is forged, fabricated and cast in my Seattle studio.
Davidchain Jewelry
Welcome to where science and art merge into the endless possibilities in
handcrafted Argentium® sterling silver chain jewelry. Especially designed to be
a click-through website with over 100 spine-tingling pages; gleaning the
essentials of my first book, portfolio of innovative jewelry designs, schedule
of beaded chain workshops, ring-n-bead supply kits, links to galleries and
friends, and a contact form to send me an email. While your here, check out my
latest publicity, new lapidary charms, see the student toolkits, get
super-strong magnetic clasps, view my earring designs, learn about Argentium
sterling and take a Byzantine chain tutorial.
Todd Reed His work in raw
diamonds is world famous.
GemstoneArtist.com
"My name is John Bailey. I am an independent artist, designing and creating
custom gemstone jewelry. Whether you want to purchase a one of a kind piece of
fine jewelry or to have an artist help you design your own engagement ring, I
can assist you." I (ed.) particularly liked his work in Oregon sunstone
and Juniper Ridge fire opal.
Textures Online Store
Metal clay artist. You'll like the work.
Victoria Lansford
A master of Bronze Age gold and silversmithing techniques, Victoria Lansford
creates one-of-a-kind wearable pieces of art and art objects that recall the
mystery and splendor of the ancient world, yet bring forth her own provocative
vision. She has pushed the boundaries of design and execution in many old world
techniques, including Eastern Repoussé, Russian Filigree, Chain making, and
Granulation in over 19 years of comprehensive exploration of metal as art.
High Country Gems Nancy and
Stephen Attaway collaborate on one-of-a-kind jewelry designs that they regard as
wearable pieces of art. Nancy has been cutting gemstones since 1987. She learned
to facet colored gemstones from several master gem cutters in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. She designs and cuts the colored gemstones used in their jewelry. Steve
carves gemstones and renders the gold work with hand-fabrication and lost wax
casting.
Sandelle I have pursued a
Fine Arts career that combines enameling as well as painting and drawing. I
think it shows in my jewelry that I have a strong drawing background with a good
eye for line. I have blown glass, done ceramics and jewelry and painted in
watercolor, pastel and oil. Enameling is an ancient medium that traps pure
pigments in glass. One can get brilliant permanent colors possible in no other
medium.
cforiginals.net CF
Originals, home of Christi Friesen's Art Jewelry, Sculpture and Beads
embellished with Semi Precious Stones, Pearls and gems. The site is well
put together and definitely worth the time spent to visit.
Textures: Art In Silver
Hadar Jacobson's art clay site. You really should check out her work with
flexible metal clay!
Lattis Design The work of
Gina Pankowski. "I choose jewelry as my form of expression because it
allows me to turn my passion for making into a sensual and personal experience."
Kara Raymond
California Mokume Gane Jewelry Designer. She does beautiful work.
Zeria Jewelry
If you like granulation work this is a don't miss
site.
Arrowhead
Gemcraft Arrowhead Gemcraft was founded in 1969, when we started
cutting cabochons. The sphere machine was introduced in 1989. Our business has
been located in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota since its development. Montana agate
has been our specialty since the beginning. Montana agate is one of the finest
stones available for one of a kind jewelry. We also cut Designer cabs from many
other materials.
Jensen Knives My work is
acquired by "Those that have everything, yet still want more." When catering to
a high-end luxury market, you must have something singularly unique and aligned
to the sophisticated trained eye. Jensen Knives fills a much needed void within
this demographic by providing a collectable that is both stylish and rare.
Howard Friedler There's nothing particularly special about the
site itself but; the deep reverse intaglio (internal carving) speaks for itself.
His work is a must see.
Alan Ardiff It all
started at Art College when Alan was told to see his work as a vehicle of
expression; Alan put wheels on his work. From this time forward the signature of
Alan's work has been its movement, birds have swung, heads have rolled, flowers
have swayed, stones have rocked and hearts have spun. Precious pieces of gold
and silver have been manipulated in the pursuit of the perfect mechanism. Alan
and his miniature works have continually evolved over time with each new
collection working to another motion.
Erin Dolman I have been
working on a series of one of a kind jewelry pieces over the past ten years,
which I call my “Under Glass” series. Rather than relying solely on the use of
traditional jewelry materials these pieces utilize layers of natural objects,
text and images to create a collage like effect. Moth and dragonfly wings,
bones, feathers and skeletal leaves are collected on walks in the woods
surrounding my home. Vintage books, prayer cards and old photos are hunted at
flea markets and thrift stores and become more precious than gems. Each piece is
comprised of three or more layers of sterling silver, copper, acrylic and hand
carved, cast elements. Each layers is hand cut with a jeweler’s saw, filed to
fit and held together with tiny rivets or bolts. Protected by their layers of
metal and acrylic these fragile, delicate objects become fragments of a story,
preserved like specimens under glass.
Sarantos Jewelry designer
- Goldsmith - Artist - Studio Jeweler.
Ancient Earth
on-line catalog of Designer Cabochons, Handcrafted Jewelry, Fossil/Mineral
Specimens and Ceramic Art.
Darmar Enterprises
After years of avid stone collecting, it was a natural transition for us to
become gemstone dealers. That happened in 1984 and we have been supplying
colored gemstones to jewelers, designers and collectors ever since. The lure of
creating our own beautiful stones led to the purchase of our first faceting
machine. This quickly led to the addition of our lapidary services. Now we
facet, carve, repair, cab, import and sell all types of gemstones.
Precious Gemstones Co. Cut
stones by John Dyer, winner of five AGTA cutting edge awards.
SLA Metals Susie L.
Andregg's trademark is her hand woven bracelets and necklaces crafted from fine
gold and silver wire. She uses old world techniques and applies a modern twist;
keeping her pieces both updated and classic. Her highly finished jewelry shows
her great attention to detail and desire to make it lightweight and comfortable.
"I handcraft my jewelry to look beautiful, feel ethereal, and be worn
comfortably everyday. I want people to wear my jewelry and forget that they have
it on."
Wendy Newman Jewelry
Presently, all my pieces are
one-of-a-kind and fabricated from sheet and wire. I work in 14k gold and
higher and sterling silver. I specialize in piercing, giving the jewelry a
feel of “modern filigree”. All the work is done by myself only in my
Moab,
UT studio.
Cabochons by Mitch Freeform
cabochons and matched pairs from materials like drusy chrysocolla, eudialyte,
wavellite, and much more. Quality materials, quality cuts and some unique
materials found and mined by me.
Betsy Frost Design
Handcrafted fine jewelry in sterling silver original designs by Betsy Frost.
KathyAnderson.net In all of my work, I enjoy the use of multi metals;
the different colors and surface textures that can be drawn from each metal. I
also enjoy the interplay of colored gemstones to enhance my work.
Ricky Frank Enamels
Rick Frank's work is staggering; you must see this . . .
James Kaya
James Kaya, award winning designer in the Boston area.
Petra Luz My
traditional training in a Swiss goldsmith studio, my European background and an
open mind to new things are definitely reflected in my jewelry. My openness to,
and my awareness of, daily occurrences become my source of inspiration. Suddenly
common things turn into pieces of jewelry.
Studio Yoshiko
Ms.Yamamoto's pieces are rendered in metal, stone, and enamel, and are conceived
either as jewelry or objects.
Linda MacNeil
Sculptural jewelry in glass and metal
Simon
Muscat Gem carvings. An interesting, well put together, site.
Village
Silversmith Located in the historic
seaport of Rockport, Ma the Village Silversmith is a family run business.
Village Silversmith combines the very best of the world's most beautiful colored
stones with precious metals, forged by master smiths. Most of the stones that we
use are infrequently known, but once introduced difficult to forget. The father
and son team that is the Village Silversmith has been producing their unique
pieces for over twenty-five years, combining the best of their individual
talents to create exceptional designs.
Beth Rosengard I seldom need
to look beyond the richness of gold – my favorite metal – and an infinite
variety of stunning gemstones to find inspiration. As a jewelry designer, I am
always searching for creative ways to frame, embellish, complement and/or
contrast with a stone or interesting combination of stones. That search has led
me to explore diverse metal-working techniques in an effort to expand my design
vocabulary – and so, inspiration also emerges from the technique itself. That’s
the case in my recent experimentation with broom-casting.
Barbara Minor &
Christopher Hentz Site features their individual and collaborative
works.
Gem Art
Center Gallery Gem sculpture by Hellen Serras-Herman. Helen’s
work on hard gemstones is bold contemporary, mostly figurative,
displaying dynamic facial expressionism. A distinct deep-line engraving
structure makes the pieces immediately recognizable. Helen's favorite subjects
are Mythological Creatures and Portraits.
Several HSH pieces have been direct commissions from private clients…
inquiries about custom designs and personalized works are quite welcome.
Messina
Designs Beautiful cold forged work on this site.
Michael Good Designs
Michael Good, whose name is synonymous with anticlastic raising, has developed
and expanded the definition of jewelry and metalsmithing to sculptural forms
that are a natural extension of the human form.
Designs by
Lucinda A cause-related business dedicated to creating affordable
jewelry of the highest quality for the purpose of bringing much needed financial
help and awareness to non-profit organizations and their causes. Providing
uniquely designed, handcrafted wearable art that benefits social causes through
symbolic representation and whimsical creations, Designs By Lucinda has sold
more that 3.5 million pins and has helped raise $18 million since the company’s
inception in 1989.
Kristin Mitsu Shiga
Take a look at her work in the portfolio section.
Jewels From the
Woods Original Gem Art by American lapidary artist Larry Woods
Original hand made, fine jewelry by American jewelry artist Stacia Woods
Karen Olsen Ramsey
Welcome to the website of Karen Olsen Ramsey, art jeweler. Inspired by nature
and the flowing lines of the Art Nouveau period, I individually design and hand
fabricate each one of a kind and limited edition necklace, bracelet, ring, and
pair of earrings to bring unique beauty to both the wearer and the beholder.
Flying Anvil
Designs Web site of Julie Jerman-Melka. Beautiful work!
Smersh Design
Jewelry Frances Smersh combines sterling silver with pigmented
concrete and fresh water pearls to create pieces as sophisticated as they are
unconventional. These award-winning designs capture the imaginations of women
who want to spice up their wardrobes with a splash of color, and sharp-dressed
men looking to complete their clean, contemporary look.
Shana
Astrachan I have been working with Metal to create precious objects
since the age of 13. In 1996 I received my BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
making from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. With the skills I have
gained from school and the inspiration I have found in my surroundings, I
continue to work in my San Francisco studio where I am able to transform ideas
into objects.
Paula Crevoshay Paula
Crevoshay has just been presented with The Annual Award for Excellence in Design
by The Women’s Jewelry Association! Crevoshay jewelry is renowned among art
collectors for her amazing use of color, exquisite award winning jewelry design
and the museum quality craftsmanship of the Crevoshay collection.
Lattis Design Art
Jewelry Making jewelry is a passion for me. My collected experience of
image, form, and process are integral to my creative outcome. Structures like a
Diatom composed of line, creating pattern and ultimately form fascinate me. The
image of an unfurling leaf or a suspension bridge inspires me. In my jewelry
these images come together as organic architecture. Working primarily in gold
and silver, I fabricate and form my pieces using traditional jewelry techniques.
I prefer to make neckpieces because of their potential to transform the wearer.
I choose jewelry as my form of expression because it allows me to turn my
passion for making into a sensual and personal experience.
Cooperman Jewelry
Web site for Andy Cooperman, metal artist extraordinaire.
Cynthia Eid
Cynthia creates jewelry and hollowware in her
studio in Lexington, MA and teaches Advanced Silversmithing and Jewelry at
DeCordova Museum School in Lincoln, MA. She has worked as a designer and maker
of custom jewelry in goldsmith galleries, and as designer/model maker and
production supervisor at a gold jewelry factory.
Eberhard
Bank Born April 12, 1953. After graduating from school, he begins 3
1/2 years of apprentice training as gemcutter. Qualification examinations as
journeyman 1972, followed by 4 years spent as journeyman. Training school for
master craftsman in Idar-Oberstein, examination for master’s certification in
1983.
Shaw Contemporary
Jewelry My work currently explores the form, texture and color, and
relationships of natural beach stones. I often associate them with fossils and
familiar gemstones to heighten the awareness of their common ancestry.
Leo Atkinson
I am a self-taught lapidary artist, turned sculptor. Much of the fun is in
procuring the stone with which I work. My children sometimes help me with the
hunting as well as the sanding and finishing, Stone, to me, represents the most
basic and elemental (conscious) form of matter on Earth. Since, as humans, we
all experience a need to create, my creative attunement seems to gravitate and
attract to the "energy" of Minerals and Fossils.
Kate
McKinnin Handmade Jewelry and Beads
Amber Studio
Michal Blawat from Poland has put together a great amber site. He has 30
years of experience creating amber and sterling silver with amber jewelry.
Cynthia Chuang The jewelry that Cynthia Chuang and Erh-Ping Tsai
create is as intricate and detailed as anything an emperor ever wore: rich with
metals, semi-precious stones, paint and above all, porcelain and worked with
colored clay inlays, underglazing, overglazing, and millefiore techniques. Their
pieces invoke tradition in depicting the insects, butterflies and fish that have
appeared in Chinese art for centuries.
Goldsmiths3 An exciting design collection, featuring three
award-winning goldsmiths:
Robert Fairbank;
Vincent Ferrini;
John Reynolds
Marina B The
Marina B creations are strong and powerful combinations of tradition and
originality where the research of harmony and perfection are a constant concern.
Elegance, splendor and refinement
Daphna Jewels
Israeli artist, Daphna Shmuely, makes unique
handcrafted jewelry from antique silver plated cutlery, spoons and forks.
Beyms
Studio Fascinated with the beauty of precious stones and metals,
Elisabeth and Marek Bejm (pronounced ) sculpt their passion into small art
forms. Their works have earned them nine national and international awards.
Shahasp Valentine
Handmade, signed and numbered works of fine silver and 24k gold Precious Metal
Clay (PMC) with precious stones and pearls.
Dave B. Design
Here you will find interesting custom jewelry that is made to order in our
studio.
Objet New Zealand Object Art - Jewelry Designers
Abrasha A metal artist who creates contemporary jewelry from
unexpected combinations of precious and non-precious materials in forms well
beyond traditional jewelry concepts.
Art Rider.com Donald McCoy
LOD
LOD is six metal designers sharing a workshop with a common exhibition area, six
individuals pooling their collective resources to form a group whose strength
would be greater than the sum of it's component parts.
James Binnion Metal Arts My mokume gane wedding, engagement and
commitment rings as well as my jewelry and other objects are all made using this
rare and difficult Japanese metal lamination process.
2 Dakota Stones If you're looking for fine fire agate in jewelry or as
loose stones - this is the place.
EM Jewelry Evangelos Pourgouris and Miranda Falkner created EM Jewelry
in 1994.
Having graduated from the London Guildhall University, after six years of
extensive design research and studies, covering a wide range of traditional
technical skills both in jewelry making and silversmithing, we set up this
partnership with the aim of broadening the concepts of being the traditional
goldsmiths and contemporary jewelers.rr.com
Goudji
I dream of ageless objects, and stirring images of
an indefinite time engraved in my memory, and I contemplate in wonderment beauty
emanating from spirituality in art.
Luna Felix Gallery Luna specializes in the ancient and precise
technique of granulation, (the process of using granules of gold to create
designs in relief), she then sets these into some of the most opulent and
exquisite jewelry designs of this century.
Perpetual Metals
Leaded glass boxes with gemstone tops by Greg Wooten. Featured in Lapidary
Journal, March, 1994.
Marie Scarpa Designs
My hand woven jewelry collections are mosaics of creative expression. By
applying fiber techniques to gold using the simplicity of primary shapes, these
woven sculptures reveal their fluidity & depth as seen in the geometry of
nature. These unique pieces evoke dream catchers, kaleidoscopes & contemporary
pendulums
Carlotta Calderoni Carlotta studied gold and silversmithing at
the Institute For Applied Arts And Crafts in Florence, Italy, and currently
lives and works in Scotland.
Stones of Fire High karat handmade jewelry designs by Carolyn Tyler.
Welcome to my bejeweled world, inspired by the magic and mystery of Nature's
most precious treasures-glowing, glittering gems and gleaming gold and silver.
None other of Gaia's gifts possess such concentrated beauty, value and power.
Bones
of the Earth We make modern one-of-a-kind jewelry, small sculpture and
vessels by carving gemstones and fossil tusk, fabricating gold and silver, and
using precious and semi-precious gemstones.
Don Fogg Custom Knives This site is about Handmade Knives and the Craft of
Bladesmithing.
Marianne Hunter
Fine enamel jewelry
Nancy Mo Ying Chan
fine handcrafted jewelry by Nancy Mo Ying Chan, goldsmith
Arthur Lee Anderson Gem
Arts Internationally acclaimed, award winning gem artist, presents his
work and his passion.atkless
Rebecca Myers
In 1996 Rebecca received 1st place in the American Jewelry Design Councils New
Talent Contest and has been showing her work in national juried shows since
then.
CornelisHollander.com
Alexandra Hart Dramatically
alluring yet signally protective natural organic forms inspire me. Curvilinear
or spiny shapes that create safe interior spaces intrigue me the most. I hope to
create bold sculptural jewelry that is seductive yet solitary, graceful yet
guarded. Working mostly with hammer forming, carving and fabricating techniques,
I utilize fully the metal's three dimensional potential.
The Art of the Jewel Designer
jewelry by Paula Crevoshay.
Thea Izzi
TNI Design Thea Nicole Izzi has been designing and making her own jewelry
since 1994. A native of Boston, MA. and a graduate of Rhode Island School of
Design (BFA1991), Thea made her way to the Bay Area in 1993 to establish her
wholesale and retail jewelry business and continues to make her living there as
a production and one of a kind jewelry artist.
Constant Rose Designs
Diane Echnoz Almeyda Miniature stained glass & contemporary plique-a-jour
enamels. You need to see her work.
Circle Round the Moon Goldsmiths
Buena Vista Gem Works
In business for 30 years now, Buena Vista Gem Works brings you interesting
information about gemstones, mineral collecting, agates, and beautiful crystals.
Buena Vista Gem Works specializes in bringing you fine quality cut stones,
custom faceting, and jewelry, but we also love minerals.
Bear Paw Lapidary Corporation
Look for the work of international award winning designer artist, Mark Schneider
Designer Jewelry by Jan McClellan
Each "One of a Kind" piece is individually handcrafted by jewelry artist Jan
McClellan using silver, gold and unique gemstones.
Michael Drechsler Jewelry Ltd - 3D
Jeweler
Jewels by Design Ltd.
Award-winning designs by Llyn Strelau, designer and goldsmith
Susan Komp Great enamels
Barbara SilverStein "As a designer whose strength is minimal
architectural classic lines - my response to the purity of the intrinsic beauty
of braided stainless steel was immediate and total. Standards for excellence
include achieving total comfort while maintaining exquisite craftsmanship. The
finished result is both timeless and maintenance free."
sharonbateman.com
Hans-Dieter Haag An innovative
gemstone cutting leader whose skills were honed from a tradition stretching 4
generations.Starborn Creations
Unique, hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces and a great selection of rare
stones and meteorites.
Nancy Howland - PSI-Design
Handcrafted sterling silver jewelry
Lawrence Stoller CrystalWorks
Gem and mineral artist Lawrence Stoller
lisajewelry.com We feature original
jewelry pieces using vintage beads and antique findings.
Nikki Feldbaum Wearable Sculpture Playing in fields of creativity
since she was a child, Nikki Feldbaum is a designer of innate grace, fascinated
by the shape, textures and beauty of the natural world from which she takes the
inspiration.
Barbra Patrick Artist and
goldsmith. With my work, I gently challenge the viewer's expectations
about the coldness and rigidity of metal. To do this, I contrast weighty metals
and strong geometric subtexts with sensually textured woven patterns, chaotic
design elements, and curvilinear shapes. Ultimately, the softness and "gestural"
movement that is intertwined throughout this static form is suggestive of some
natural pattern or human form.
Orogami Studio of Tiziana and Massimo Aloisio. Their work is
wonderful.
Lane Jewelry Hand crafted fine jewelry - nice granulation work
Deborah Hamm Metal Artist
Jewel of the Lotus
An international company which purveys magnificent jeweled artwork, antiquities,
renditions, and modern designer jewelry.
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