Jewellery Industry Sites

Beading Daily - sponsored by Interweave Press

Canadian Beading Magazine

The Ganoksin Project - Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques

Ganoksin Daily Message Forum Digest - our preferred way of reading their digest - you can get this sent to you by e-mail daily 

Kitco - Montreal based bullion dealer - publishes a good set of up to the minute charts for silver, gold, etc. 

Mineralogy Database - Collecting, Localities, Photos and Data - our favorite source other than Schumann's Gemstones of the World  

Wolfram Alpha - bills itself as a scientific search engine but has an extremely good mineralogy section second only to mindat.org's Mineralogy Database

Metalsmithing / Silversmithing / Jewelry-making Groups

Metal Arts Guild of Canada

Society of American Silversmiths 

Toronto Bead Society

Vancouver Community College - Jewelry Arts and Design (2-year full time study)

Vancouver Community College extension classes (look for Jewellery Techniques I and II)

Rock and Mineral Groups

Mineralology Database - simply the best online source on minerals we've seen!

BC Lapidary Society - Club Listing - if you are interested in stone cutting and seeking a club near you this is the place to start

Gem & Mineral Federation of Canada

Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club - top Alberta club and sponsor of the Calgary Gem Show (April/May)

Association for Metal Exploration of BC - formerly known as BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines

MapPlace.ca - BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources - great resource for mineral maps

Geological Survey of Canada - Government of Canada, Ministry of Natural Resources

Geological Survey of Canada - Gem, Mineral and Rock Clubs - national list, tends not to be as current as BCLS or GMFC lists

Northwest Territories Geoscience Office - this is an extremely "user friendly" site that will be of interest to far more than just those interested in mining opportunities in the NWT!

Riddle of the Burgess Shale - recent Vancouver Sun article on Canada's most famous fossil deposit

Provincial Crafts Councils

Crafts Association of British Columbia

Alberta Craft Council

Saskatchewan Craft Council

Manitoba Crafts Council

Ontario Crafts Council
Conseil des métiers d'art du Quebec Marche Bonsecours
New Brunswick Crafts Council
NovaScotia Designer Crafts Council

PEI Crafts Council
Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association

Manufacturers

Beadalon - jewelry wire and tools

Eurotool

Grobet USA

Lortone - stone cutting and finishing tools

Pepetools

Softflex - jewelry wire and thread

Wikipedia articles

Other Sites we like:

Art Jewelry Magazine reference section - some free downloads with subscribers' area

Silver Spider Forge - excellent project section

http://jewelrymaking.about.com/ - good beginners’ guide with project plans

and last but certainly not least...

Silver Bee - our Brendalee Astell's silversmithing blog