“…the piece you make is always one step removed from what you imagined, or what else you can imagine, or what you’re right on the edge of being able to imagine.”
Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
Category Archives: Design
Carvings and Specialty Cuts
Any gem show will have acres of standard cut stones. But if you want to make people stop and back up to look at your jewelry, try incorporating carvings and specialty cuts into your work. This was first published as a sidebar in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, January/February issue, 2011. Continue reading
“Line is at once the most illusory and the most fundamental of the design elements.”
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Marjorie Elliott Bevlin, Design Through Discovery: The Elements and Principles, 2nd edition.
“Design is, first of all, a plan for order.”
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Marjorie Elliott Bevlin, Design Through Discovery: The Elements and Principles, 2nd edition.