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Here are some of our favorite online links:
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
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
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
Manufacturers
Beadalon - jewelry wire
and tools
Eurotool
Grobet USA
Lortone - stone cutting and
finishing tools
Pepetools
Softflex - jewelry
wire and thread
Wikipedia articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_bead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarovski
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 |
