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		<title>February Gemshows in Tucson 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it’s that time of year again, when a lot of us are gearing up for our annual trip to Tucson, Arizona. As I sit at my desk in southeast Tennessee and add to my ‘Tucson Lists’ (where it is currently 21º at 1:30 in the afternoon) it is very easy to think about packing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donna Zimmer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever a crafter, Donna has always had her hands into something creative, especially crochet, baking and cooking. Originally from Pennsylvania, Donna and her husband’s employment transferred them to Tennessee where she met Dale ‘Cougar’ Armstrong and was introduced to the fine art of wire jewelry creation.
Since learning wire jewelry techniques, Donna has become a mixed-media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Up Your Jewelry Making Work Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mary W. Bailey
You are excited and ready to get serious with your jewelry-making hobby. But where are you going to work? And just what will you need to get started?
Thinking about these things first, can save a lot of time and aggravation, as well as help you develop good habits; organizing both yourself and your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/280/setting-up-your-jewelry-making-work-space/</link>
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		<title>Tumbling Your Jewelry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tumbling Your Jewelry
Mary W.  Bailey
When  asked to write this article, I had to stop and really think on it.  First off, because I don’t use a tumbler to  clean my jewelry nor as a method for hardening the wire.  Why would I?   After all, I am working with half-hard wire to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/269/tumbling-your-jewelry/</link>
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		<title>Albina Manning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jewelry designer and instructor Albina Manning was born in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia, a small town not far from Volga River. Ever since she was a child, Albina has loved doing anything by hand, especially knitting and sewing. She graduated from Mari State Pedagogical Institute and then worked for 9 years as a certificated elementary and physical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/263/albina-manning/</link>
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		<title>Karen Roberts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, Karen’s family hosted a foreign exchange student from Italy who showed her how to turn a shoebox into a bead loom and then how to use it to make bracelets. Karen was then 18, and ever since she’s been hooked on beading and wirework. A voracious reader, she learned every technique she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/261/karen-roberts/</link>
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		<title>Wire Jewelry Display &amp; Booth Ideas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess the best way to talk about this subject is to tell you my story. While I was working at a restaurant I began selling my jewelry to co-workers. A well-known artist, who lives locally, saw my work and invited me to participate in her nationally known art show. Of course I was excited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/244/wire-jewelry-display-booth-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Getting Twisted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twisted wire can add style, dimension, and elegance, flash or fun to a wire jewelry design.  Sometimes twisted wire is a major player, placed where it is to be seen and sometimes it is added in obscure places to add interest to a design such as within the sides of a framed cabochon.  Having received [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/229/getting-twisted/</link>
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		<title>A Few Words About Copper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Copper is a heavy, chemical element found naturally in the earth and has a ‘soft’ hardness of 2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, (talc is #1 as softest and hardest diamond is #10). Copper is almost indestructible and as such, artifacts and relics showing its’ use throughout the ages have survived, allowing modern man to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wire-sculpture.com/wire-jewelry-artists/215/a-few-words-about-copper/</link>
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		<title>Charley Key</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While attending a St Jude’s benefit show, Charley was blown away by the jewelry creations of Dale ‘Cougar’ Armstrong and asked to take classes.  That was three years ago and now, to relax during &#8220;downtime&#8221; from her real job of making parts for American army tanks, Charley enjoys making wire jewelry.  Her favorite projects are [...]]]></description>
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