Tina Wojtkielo Snyder

This article highlights some 4 tips to boost refining returns that will prove dollar wise and useful for you. You've...

For the past 10 years, MJSA has recognized the technological advances and products that are making a difference in the...

“You should know what kind of shape you’re in,” joked Arthur Anton Skuratowicz during an MJSA At the Bench Live...

There are many paths to the perfect finish. When it comes to mass finishing production jewelry there are a few...

Editor's Note: Want to know how to make a bench jeweler's day? Send him a box full of new tools...

Repair pricing strategies used by three featured jewelers.

With the quartz as the central focal point of the 'Reflecting Pond Necklace,' Sturlin had to design a chain that...

What you should be is excited to read this article and see what others just like you have to say...

Jeffrey Johnson has two stores, 18 bench jewelers, and over 100 employees-and he still has time to work at the...

It took about two months of experimentation to get the formulas for Platinum Sterling Silver just right - Robinson created...

AJM recently asked two companies, AU Enterprises in Berkley , Michigan , and Racecar Jewelry Co. Inc. in Cranston ,...

When a commercial finding isn't quite right but making the component by hand seems like reinventing the wheel, creative modification...

AJM Magazine has announced the winners of the second annual AJM Innovation Awards. These awards recognize technologies that are making...

For Howard Woods of Eagle, Idaho, a jewelers studio should be a place of beauty - organized beauty - that...

One of the newest earring findings to hit the market is showing a little earlobe midriffand it could turn the...

Its no secret that palladium has captured the attention of the industry. In 2005, purchase of palladium for jewelry use...

Behold the metals supplier, lord of all things shiny. He fills your crucible with casting grain and makes sure youre...

'I show you an opal. You show me a design.' That was the deal I struck with the three willing...

When a maid steals a $250,000 gold and diamond necklace from a famous rappers hotel room, only to find that...

Getting a superior fit on your next custom ring order could be just a few mouse clicks away. Superfit Inc.,...

Custom designer Jim Dailing of Bend, Oregon, has been making jewelry for 30 years. For a brief stint during the...

Today's record metals prices have probably encouraged you to be more diligent than ever about capturing every last bit of...

Some manufacturers jumped at the chance to work with palladium a few years ago, when it made its way into...

Ask a seasoned bench jeweler how many rings he or she has sized and they'll probably give you a figure...

Considering metals prices continue to be sky high, it's no surprise that plating companies' phones are ringing off the hook....

With textures that echo the Patagonian mountains of Chile, the Torres del Paine Ring by Cynthia Rene Zava of Cynthia...

When you work with materials as valuable as precious metals and gemstones, you need to take measures to keep them...

What do you do when you realize your virtual inventory is virtually impossible to manufacture? With so many jewelry designers...

Pressing Matters by Tina Wojtkielo Snyder This month, we asked Lisa Krikawa of Tucson: If you were stranded on an...

The internet has put the world at our fingertips. In minutes or less you can start a video chat with...

A design riddled with undercuts and sharp little details just screams casting nightmare the moment the CAD file shows up....

Before you submit any jewelry item to a lab to test for heavy metals, you're going to need to do...

For Alex and Ani, booming success points back to manufacturing locally, with love Pharmaceutical salesperson Kelly Oliver logs thousands of...

At Novell Design Studio, efficiency, quality, and service get a jolt of passion You can hear the passion in Bruce...

Did you ever imagine you'd see the day when a finely woven mesh bracelet with thousands of tiny links could...

Five years ago, if you wanted to buy an additive manufacturing machine to grow rapid prototype (RP) models in your...

Ask someone to define "fine jewelry" and you'll usually hear something about gold, platinum, diamonds, and other traditionally "precious" materials....

Welcome to the Mystery Box Challenge! You are among the select designers who have received this box of materials, Your...