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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.

Ganoksin is dedicated to serve the information needs of the world's jewelers. It is our mission to educate, improve working conditions and facilitate sharing between goldsmiths globally. Ganoksin continues improving access to information for productivity, safety, skills and education of all jewelers, professionals and hobbyists.

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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Featured Articles

950 Palladium: Manufacturing Tips and Techniques - By Mark B. Mann

The "other white metal" is making its presence known and it wont be long before light, bright and white 950 palladium products find their way to your workbench, either as merchandise from your store or customers jewelry taken in for service or alteration. Notable designers and manufacturers like...

Tags: | Palladium Fabrication |

Liver of Sulfur 101 - By Holly Gage

Liver of sulfur, a stinky jewelry studio standby, can be used to create beautiful patinas on Silver, Silver Precious Metal Clay or Art Clay....

Tags: | Patination | Beginner's Corner |

Platinum - Sterling Alloy - By Nanz Aalund

Throughout the history of jewelry making, metalsmiths have strived to perfect not only their artistry, but their materials as well. In this ongoing quest, innovative metallurgists have produced new white metals in an attempt to combine all the virtues of existing metals while eliminating all the...

Tags: | Metallurgy |

Cordierite: Iolite - By Sondra Francis

You may never have heard of iolite. It isn't a household word, but it is an attractive indigo colored gemstone. It has been called a "water sapphire". Iolite is highly trichroic; in one direction it is totally colorless, this aspect was the origin of the water description. The "blue denim" gemstone...

Tags: | Handbook for the Gem Buyer | Gemstones Information |

Enameling - By Prof. Dr. Erhard Brepohl

For more than two thousand years, goldsmiths have fused glass onto their work for color enrichment. Wonderful enameled work can be found from many ancient cultures, providing familiar icons of the technical skill and aesthetic sensibilities of their makers....

Tags: | Enameling |



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The Gallery section features a collection of representative works in a variety of media by Ganoksin members

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Torch, etc.
Posted: 11/19/2009

There might be an assuption that as a male, I would be full of all kinds of pre-conceived notions about how men are brave and not afraid of fire, and women are timid and scared of flame.  Not true.  I have been teaching metalsmithing for nearly 30 years, and I estimate that at one time [...]

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More Laser Cutter Fun, or Organizing your GraverMach tools
Posted: 11/19/2009

So I have a GraverMach power engraver.  I also have a fair number of engraving tools for it.  They all come in quick change mounts, which is great, except that the little round holders that GRS sells don’t organize them that well.  They don’t really grip the shanks, and they tend to dump all the [...]

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metalclay fistfight…
Posted: 11/19/2009

Oh I am about to get in the middle of a fight!  While I have not worked with metalclay, I know a fair amount about it.  However, I am learning a lot more about it recently. Kate McKinnon, who I will interview tomorrow on my BlogTalkRadio Show,  is about to get a lot of metal clay people [...]

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Bezel
Bezel For...

we have imported a cabochon 10x8 stone to make a bezel around it using rhinoceros software.

By: rbhyder

Tages:
|jewelry |design |cad |cam |rhino |matrix |setting |software |
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[Trailer] How...

master jeweler previews his instructional video "how to make a bangle bracelet". jay will detail the process...

By: whaleystudios

Tages:
|metalsmith, |jeweler, |ring, |bangle, |bracelt |
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master jeweler jay whaley discusses making a bangle bracelet. this is a preview of an instructional video, available via...

By: whaleystudios

Tages:
|metalsmith, |jeweler, |bracelet, |whaley |studios, |jay |whaley |



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