I am totally enamoured of Chuck’s jewelry work!  You can see his Flickr album here at Down to the Wire Designs.   It allows you to see in a quick overview the breadth of the talent this metal worker has.  I am especially taken with some of the custom pieces he’s done, like these satellite earrings for a woman who really works with them, and this amazing necklace designed for a customer’s neice.  Lucky lucky girl!

Images: Down to the Wire Designs

Custom Cool Jewelry
by Melinda Barta
Melinda Barta came up with a brilliant idea for this fun book. Instead of spreading her many talents out too thinly, she concentrated on just three areas: pendants, charms, and clasps.
It’s often hard to find exactly that perfect piece to customize your jewelry, and if you can make your own pendants, charms, and clasps, you can add them to readily available lain beads to create a masterpiece that is distinctively yours. Melinda includes over 275 quick and easy ideas for mixed media components as well as 7 full stringing projects. Once you start …read more

Anodize!
Author: Clare Stiles
Editor: Marthe Le Van
Entry deadline: May 25, 2009
We’re looking for outstanding images of your anodized aluminum jewelry. Anodize!, due for release in August 2010, will educate readers of all skill levels about how to design jewelry using a creative process that includes dying, printing, and coloring the anodized material. The very best examples of designers using the material will run in an extensive gallery throughout the book. That’s where you come in! Selected artists will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and a discount on the purchase of additional books. Submission is free.
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