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San Francisco Bay Area
East Bay
North Bay
Makens Tools, Supplies, Metals
1.800.942.4224 orders only
1.800.262.5367 orders only
Tel: 415.332.2744 local
Makens/Peter James
PO Box 130
Sausalito, CA 94966
San Francisco
Frei & Borel Branch Office
760 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
South Bay/Peninsula
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National
Artbeads.com, Gig Harbor, WA
support@artbeads.com
www.artbeads.com
www.artbeads.com/tool-117.html
For tapered awls.
Thanks Iris C.!
B. Toucan Inc., Wenatchee WA
orders@btoucan.com
www.btoucan.com
The Bead Gallery, Honolulu
I teach here and they are very familiar with the tools and materials that I use in my classes.
www.thebeadgallery.com
The Bead Smith, Carteret, NJ
info@helby.com
www.helby.com
Beautone Specialties Co., Ltd.
For three-ring binder pouches
Tel: 508.634.8631
www.beautone.com/Usa/Binders/2-p8.html
Bella Findings House, Los Angeles, CA
info@bellafindings.com
www.bellafindings.com
Big Stone Beads & Findings Inc., Houston, TX
www.bigstoneinc.com
CHEFS
Butane torches with gauge
www.chefscatalog.com
Thanks, Barbara E!
Columbia Gem House
Quality Assurance and Fair Trade Gems Protocols
www.columbiagemhouse.com
Contenti
www.contenti.com
David H. Fell & Company
Metal refining
800.822.1996
www.dhfco.com
Enterprise Art
For craft wire
1.800.366.2218
www.EnterpriseArt.com
Euro Tool Inc., Grandview, MO
info@eurotool.com
www.eurotool.com
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads, Grants Pass, OR
For an extensive catalog of beads
1.800.355.2137
questions@firemtn.com
www.firemountaingems.com
Hoover & Strong
Recycled precious metals & ethical gems
1.800.759.9997
Indian Jewelers Supply Company
Download their PDF catalogs
1.800.545.6540
www.ijsinc.com
Thanks Miss Lilly!
Jewelry Supply Com., Roseville, CA
help@jewelrysupply.com
www.jewelrysupply.com
Metalliferous
Vast selection of metals
212.944.0909
Nasco Arts & Crafts
1.800.558.9595
Otto Frei
www.ottofrei.com
Reactive Metals Studio, Inc.
Niobium, titanium, mokume-gane
PO Box 890, 600 First North St.
Clarkdale, AZ 86324
Online catalog: www.reactivemetals.com
Red Sky Plating service
www.redskyplating.com
Rings & Things, Spokane, WA
www.rings-things.com
Rio Grande, Albuquerque, N.M.
Ask for all four catalogues
1.800.545.6566
www.riogrande.com
Santa Fe Jewelers Supply
For Citrex, type it into their search field
www.sfjssantefe.com
SWEST USA
Tools, supplies and equipment
1.800.527.5057
United Precious Metal Refining, inc.
1.800.999.FINE
www.unitedpmr.com
Other notable companies
www.ccsilver.com
www.astralbeads.com
www.harborfreight.com
www.micromark.com
www.monsterslayer.com
Safety glasses or fetish:
www.peeperspecs.com & www.debspecs.com
Thank you, Kathy G!
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International
Australia
Austria
Canada
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
1000art, Bad Friedrichshall
bestellung@1000art.de
www.1000art.de
BACATUS, Bonn
info@bacatus.de
www.bacatus.de
crea-pro24, Wedemark
shop@crea-pro24.de
www.crea-pro24.de
DT&Goldart, Bad Bocklet
info@dt-shop.com
www.dt-goldart.de
E. Dohrmann GmbH & Co., Hollenstedt
info@e-dohrmann.de
www.e-dohrmann.de
Edelsteine M. Anders, Idar-Oberstein
schmuckwaren@edelsteine-m-anders.de
www.edelsteine-m-anders.de
Everglaze, Hamburg
info@everglaze.de
www.everglaze.de
Gebr. Ott GmbH, Hanau
info@gebr-ott-gmbh.de
www.gebr-ott-gmbh.de
Horst zu Jeddeloh, Winsen / Luhe
info@zujeddeloh.de
www.zujeddeloh.de
Karl Fischer GmbH, Pforzheim
info@fischer-pforzheim.de
www.fischer-pforzheim.de
Leyendecker Bastelstube GmbH & Co. KG, Trier
kontakt@bastelstube.de
www.bastelstube.de
Liha's Steine Lädchen, Stockach
info@edelstein-geschenke.de
www.lihas-steinelaedchen.de
Magic and Arts, Moers
service@magic-and-arts.com
www.magic-and-arts.com
Marco Schreier Mineralienhandlung GmbH, Ludwigsburg
info@marcoschreier.de
www.marcoschreier.de
Perlen-Laden, Chemnitz
brief@perlen-laden.de
www.perlen-laden.de
Philipp Breckwoldt GmbH, Hamburg
info@nidus-online.de
www.perlen.net
Theodor Artus, Hamburg
info@artus-furnituren.de
www.artus-furnituren.de
Great Britain
Beadsisters, Eckington - Sheffield
sales@beadsisters.co.uk
www.beadsisters.co.uk
Beadworks UK, London
customerservice@beadworks.co.uk
www.beadworks.co.uk
CJ Beaders Ltd., Churchill
sales@cjbeaders.com
www.cjbeaders.com
Crystals and Ice Bead Shop, Cardiff, South Wales
info@crystals-and-ice.co.uk
www.crystals-and-ice.co.uk
H. S. Walsh & Sons Ltd., Beckenham, Kent
www.hswalsh.com
Spoilt Rotten Beads, Jewellery & Brides Ltd, Ely, Cambs
customerservice@spoiltrottenbeads.co.uk
www.spoiltrottenbeads.com
Greece
Italy
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
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Research
Books
Gemstones of the World by Walter Schumann
The best book that I have found for gemstone
identification. This was one of the textbooks I used
when I was a professor.
Fair Trade
Intellectual Property
www.idearights.com
Thinking about intellectual property?
Here is a helpful, sardonic read.
Internet
www.ganoksin.com
This internet site is a resource for the gem and jewelry world.
It includes message boards, mailing lists, links to newsgroups,
and archives of articles.
Professional Guidelines
To learn more about the business of making and selling
art follow these navigational directions:
Go to www.snagmetalsmith.org
Click on Resource Central
Click on Professional Guidelines
Confused about what the legal boundaries are regarding disclosure? It is up to the artist and retailer to disclose how a piece of jewelry was made, what ingredients it contains and if it (in the case of gemstones) was enhanced in any way. Go to the Federal Trade Commission and see if you (or the piece you just bought) pass the test:
www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/jewel-gd.htm (specific to jewelry)
www.ftc.gov (general site address)
www.nationaljewelernetwork.com (more on jewelry disclosure & legal issues)
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