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7 September/October 2012

YOUR TURNreader comments & sketches

› DESIGN CHALLENGESYOUR COVER RIFFS:Your riff s on one aspect of Lexi Erickson’s Dino Bone and Damasteel pendant, cover, July, 2012.

Re: “Copper Slinky Link Bracelet,” July, 2012I just wanted to share my version of Jeff Fulkerson's copper slinky link bracelet that was in the July 2012 issue of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist. When I saw it, I imme-diately was intrigued with the design and saw it with hearts. It is very fl uid and feels great on! Thanks for the project.

Stacey Peterson

LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA

Ben HoldenBarstow, California

DEADLINES: SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Email digital scans at 300 DPI or send photocopies of no more than three sketches per challenge, indicating the design factor that is your starting point. Sketches will not be returned.

SEND SKETCHES & LETTERS for print or online publication to: KRosenbusch@interweave.com; (610) 232-5714 (fax); or Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, 630 Freedom Business Center Drive, 3rd Floor, King of Prussia, PA 19406.

Please include your name, city, and state, and indicate “Your Turn” on the subject line or envelope.

Mary Lee Hu’s fi ne and sterling silver, 22K gold, and copper choker, COVER

Identify which design element is most signifi cant or your favorite — e.g., color, texture, form, value, line, space, repetition, balance, contrast, unity, variety. Then riff on it in your own sketch.

Sketch a setting for Steve Walters’ carved blue chalcedony, PAGE 18.

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What do you think about what you’ve seen and read in Lapidary Journal Jew-elry Artist?

YOUR SETTINGS:Designs based on Calvin Smith’s and Merrill O. Murphy’s Radiation cut citrine, July, 2012.

Shevvy BakerLouisville, Kentucky

Shevvy BakerLouisville, Kentucky

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