My Favorite Metalsmiths

There are so many wonderful instructors and books out there so here is a list of ...

My Favorite Web Sites

Connie Fox:  I order tools and always look at her latest educational posts or videos if she has any. http://www.jatayu.com/

Interweave Press has several magazines and a nice web site for all of them.  Lapidary Journal has gotten smaller over the years but still has good information, projects and photos: http://www.jewelrymakingdaily.com/blogs/jewelryartistmagazine/default.aspx

Rio Grande for tools, gems and display items. They also have good educational videos and I like their group on Facebook: http://www.riogrande.com/

Otto Frei, a tool resource: http://www.ottofrei.com/store/home.php

Society of American Silversmiths: http://www.silversmithing.com/index.htm

Jewelry Studies International: http://www.jewelrystudiesinternational.com/pages/home

Facebook group called “Bench Tips” by Brad Smith. I don’t know who he is but he has great tips:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/BenchTips?sk=info

Fire Mountain Gems:  http://www.firemountaingems.com/

Rings & Things: http://www.rings-things.com/

My Favorite Books:

Tim McCreight – The Man: http://www.brynmorgen.com/mccreight.html
  Complete Metalsmith (several editions, I have the student edition)
  Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing
 And other books and dvds by him and other authors/metalsmiths

Susan Lenart Kazmer: Making Connections: A Handbook of Cold Joins for Jewelers and Mixed Media Artists. 

Jinks McGrath: The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques

I have others, this is just a start. Check 'em out!