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 |  | Art Jewelry March 2008
Midwestern Renaissance
While metal-arts programs across the country are facing budget cuts and closures, the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are leveraging a creative approach and a receptive community to make their metals program grow.
By Hazel L. Wheaton
A Conversation with Jack da Silva
The founder of the MAKER school talks about the current state of education and his own history.
What is a Teaching Artist
A career move that will allow you to make money, make a difference, and keep making your own art.
By Kristin Sutter
Cross-pollination
Cultivate a variety of techniques to build a hybrid pod pendant.
By Jeffrey Lloyd Dever
Wire Symmetry Made Easy
Shape your leaf forms two at a time to make perfectly matched pairs.
By Lilian Chen with Addie Kidd
Fahrenheit 650º: The temperature at which keum-boo fuses
Fuse silver to silver and fuse gold to silver to make a seamless sphere.
By Patricia Tschetter
No-Fuss Enamels
Your paint: watercolor enamels
Your canvas: steel
Your frame: metal clay
By Pam East and Jane Levy
Foxtail-Chain Necklace
Use basic fusing and simple wireworking to create a classic silver chain.
By Howard Siegel
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