Resources

The links page is here to provide you with handy access to suppliers, organizations and publications for the metals and jewelry world.
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Suppliers- Metals, Tools, Gems and Findings

• Lonnie’s Phoenix, AZ- Local supplier for metals, enamels and jewelry tools
• Rio GrandeAlbuquerque,NM- Huge online supplier for metal, stones, some enamel and tools
• Hauser and MillerSt Louis, MO- Online supplier for precious metals only: silver, gold, bi-metal
• Hoover and Strong
• Reactive Metals
• Fire Mountain Gems
• Contenti
• Thunderbird Supply
• Grobet
• David H. Fell (patterned sheet)
• Otto Frei
• MSC Industrial Supply
• Phoenix Jewelry Supply
• Gesswein Tools
• Metalliferous Metals and Tools
• Santa Fe Jewelers Supply

Suppliers- Etching, Plastics, Misc.

• Small Parts
• Techniks (PNP)
• J.I. Morris Miniature Threads
• J.P. Ruklic Screw Co.
• Edmunds Optics Glass lenses
• E Street Plastics online- plexiglass and acrylic supplier
• Chem Lab (Local acids and etching supplies)
• Firescoff

Suppliers- Enamels

• Thompson Enamel
• Schlaifer’s Enameling
• Enamel Emporium
• Enamelwork Supply

Organizations/ Opportunities/ Events

• Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
• Arizona Designer Craftsmen (ADC)
• Artist Blacksmith Association of North America (ABANA)
• Amercian Craft Council
• Enamelist Society
• Arizona Commission on the Arts
• Society of American Silversmiths
• Crafthaus
• Yuma Sypmposium
• ASU Metals Blog
• American Jewelry Design Council
• Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA)
• The Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC)
• The Art of Online Calls for EntryExhibitions aggregator
• Artists RegisterFee based portfolio site
• TrunktFee based wholesalers portfolio site
• Art JobsArt job aggregator
• Grains of GlassSocial media site for enamlists
• Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC)
  Pittsburgh based arts association with sales shop and exhibition opportunities

Publications and Reference

• Metalsmith
• Art Jewelry
• Ornament
• American Craft
• Glass on Metal
• Jewelry Artist (formerly Lapidary Journal)
• Lark Books
• Ganoksin
• GIA
• Modern Jeweler