MJSA JournalEvery month, the award-winning MJSA Journal offers design ideas, fabrication and production techniques, bench tips, business and marketing insights, and trend and technology updates—the information crucial for business success. "More than other publications, MJSA Journal is oriented toward people like me: those trying to earn a living by designing and making jewelry," says Jim Binnion of James Binnion Metal Arts.
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The beginning of each new year is always an exciting time. Even the most change averse of us gets swept up in the potential and energy of a new beginning. And 2021, perhaps more than any other new year in recent memory, is filled with anticipation, expectation, and hope. As we raise our glass to drop the curtain on the drama, discomfort, and uncertainty of 2020, here are 21 ideas for advancing your business goals and increasing your business satisfaction in the year to come. By Andrea Hill
In this episode, Andrea Hill shares five great ideas for businesses looking to improve and expand their online reach in 2021. She also covers the valuable online tools and apps that can help encourage more innovative thinking and simplify content creation for your website and social media channels.
Jewelry business owners often wear a lot of hats, especially when they’re sole proprietors. They’re designers, bench jewelers, CAD modelers, polishers, stone setters, photographers, marketers, and shippers. But as their businesses grow and succeed, they have to decide when it makes sense to turn over some of the reins to someone else. How do you know when it’s time to outsource production? Discover the questions that jewelers need to ask themselves to determine if outsourcing is the best option. By Shawna Kulpa
See a selection of premier tools, supplies, technologies, and services that can help you find success in 2021 (and beyond). All of the products and services are offered by MJSA members, who agree to abide by the MJSA Code of Ethics.
A Native American woman dedicated to bringing attention to the issues affecting indigenous people worldwide is at the center of this year’s MJSA Challenge: Responsibly Sourced Designs. Read the scenario that will be posed to this year’s nine participating designers. By Shawna Kulpa
Pantone’s spring fashion color palette is filled with rejuvinating hues, illustrative of nature. Learn how to take advantage of this season’s colors by using thie natural gemstone counterparts. By Deborah A. Yonick
Jewelry designer Emily Kuvin has always prided herself on being a sharp observer of the world around her. It’s no surprise her knack for taking in gobs of information and distilling it down to the essence landed her in a journalism career after college. Today, those same characteristics define her approach to jewelry design. By Tina Snyder
Jeweler Jean Menden had a small home studio that she had long outgrown. When she and her husband sold their home and moved to a lake cabin in 2019, she took advantage of the situation to construct her dream workspace: a 16 foot by 22 foot addition to an existing garage, giving her more space for all of her tools, more outlets to power all of those tools, and a warm floor to keep her toasty during Minnesota’s long, cold winters. By Jean Menden
If you enjoy many happy hours tinkering with various tools and materials around your shop, you’ll appreciate this step-by-step guide to creating your own mini riveting anvil. Perfect for riveting the inside of a hemispherical form, this type of anvil also offers support for a concave surface while simultaneously raising and securely holding the workpiece above the tabletop. By Helen I. Driggs
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