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Jewelry MakingThe Ganoksin project provides a variety of quality services for the gem and jewelry community. We work hard to maintain the high standards of our services for the benefit of our visitors. Our services are provided free of charge and to the benefit to all.

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Ganoksin maintains a substantial library of articles, publications, reports, and technical data on gem and jewelry related topics; many of which were authored by some of the most esteemed writers within their respective fields. In addition, this site contains a sizable collection of art and jewelry galleries, for both the casual visitor and the professional.

Ganoksin also provide members blogs and forums for the exchange of information and opinion; with contributors from all over the world speaking from a wide range of technical and aesthetic experiences, covering a full range of topics of interest to the jeweler and the gemologist.
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[Call for Entries] UncommonGoods Jewelry Design Challenge

UncommonGoods, an online retailer that specializes in handmade, eco- friendly and uniquely designed gifts and accessories, has just launched their Jewelry Design Challenge, a call for unique, handmade jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings. The winner will receive $500 and an UncommonGoods vendor contract. 

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Call For Entries - The Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition 2013

Hosted by Center for Metal Arts and sponsored: Rio Grande, the Ganoksin Project, and Art Jewelry Magazine.

The 2nd annual Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition is a juried competition for metal work using foldforming techniques. Submission fee is $25. Rio Grande will provide gift certificates for top prizes as follows: 1st Place $300, 2nd place $200, 3rd place $100, and Honorable Mention $50. Additional entries are recognized as Notable Submissions in a Jurors' Choice round. A 2013 video and the publication of an art book of curated entries from the Lewton-Brain Foldform Competitions 2012-2013 will follow this year's CLB 2013 conference.

Details and entry information are available here



Featured Articles

Advanced Joining Techniques for Platinum Jewelry - By Klaus Wiesner

Joining is a very important production technique in the field of jewelry production. Therefore it is useful to know, what kinds of different joining techniques are possible. This paper will give you a rough overlook on joining techniques as well as some tips and tricks to do a good joint between...

Tags: | Platinum Fabrication |

Working with Topaz - By Arthur Anton Skuratowicz and Julie Nash

The primary issue with topaz that must be remembered at the bench is its one perfect cleavage direction. Hammering or putting pressure on a topaz runs the risk of cleaving the stone into pieces. Routine stone tightening on a prong set topaz can result in cleaving the stone. Setting a topaz in prongs...

Tags: | Gemstones Information | Bench Tips & Tricks |

Studio Visit - Namu Cho - By Elizabeth Mcdevitt

Set in a deeply wooded area of Bethesda, Maryland, Namu Chos brick house at first appears to be similar to those of his neighbors. Yet this resemblance stops abruptly at his front door, hand carved with an imposing image of two eagles, the larger one looking outward in a protective pose with a...

Tags: | Studio Visit |

Working Titanium - By Prof. Dr. Erhard Brepohl

Because titanium behaves somewhat differently than the standard metals in the goldsmith's workshop some special attention to its working is in order here. When sawing, begin the cut with a very light stroke, and increase the pressure only when the blade has securely caught. The sawblade can be...

Tags: | Metals | Fabrication |

Torch Firing Enameling - By Deborah Lozier

Torch firing is a wonderful way to experience enameling in all of it stages. I see it as an extension to kiln fired enamels and not a replacement since the results are very different. It requires working from instinct with a sensitive observation of cause and effect. The torch oxidizes and blends...

Tags: | Enameling |



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