Writer Jennifer Heebner is featuring the Polka Dot Project in her blog this week. Mark Patterson 'Polka Dot' Read More
AGTA Prism Profiles Ricardo Basta
The lastest issue of the American Gem Trade Association's (AGTA) Prism Magazine contains an in-depth profile of AJDC member Ricardo Basta. The winner of several AGTA Spectrum Awards, Basta won 1st Place in the Business Wear Category for this ring in this year's Spectrum Awards which Read More
AJDC members are finalists in the Cultured Pearl Association Design Competition
Alishan Halebian and Paul Klecka were named finalists in the 10th Annual International Pearl Design Competition sponsored by the Cultured Pearl Association of America. Halebian's Polka Dot cuff won the President's Trophy. The cuff is made of water buffalo horn with 18k gold, bezel set Read More
Zoltan David will be keynote speaker at the Portland Jewelry Symposium
AJDC member Zoltan David is the recipient of more than thirty national and international design awards as well as a patent on metal ornamentation. He has prominent works on permanent display at both the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC and the Gemological Institute Read More
David Freda and Linda MacNeil featured at SNAG exhibit
AJDC President Linda MacNeil and AJDC member David Freda were among the featured artists in the exhibit 'Mastery in Jewelry and Metals' at the 48th Annual SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Conference in Chicago, IL May 25-29, 2019. 'Mastery in Jewelry and Metals' was curated Read More
Adam Neeley and Alishan Halebian win design awards
Adam Neeley received Second Place in the Gold and Platinum category for the 2019 Saul Bell Awards. Adam's pendant Cosmos Star Hen features a Madeira Citrine cut by award-winning lapidary Mark Gronlund. The unique concave facets of this gemstone create a spiraling effect and project a Read More
AJDC Members win 2019 MJSA Vision Awards and a new generation of jewelry designers emerges.
The Annual MJSA Vision Award winners were announced on May 31, 2019. Mark Schneider, Mark Schneider Design, Long Beach, CA won 1st Place in Design Excellence This platinum and 18k yellow gold men’s band features a 0.70ct tsavorite garnet, 1.01ctw black diamonds, and 0.69cts canary Read More
Get to know AJDC President Linda MacNeil
Linda MacNeil is an artist – jeweler, who makes one of a kind works, concentrating mostly on neckpieces and brooches since 1976. A compelling profile of MacNeil appeared in Ornament Magazine in 2018. Ornament Magazine Cover Vol. 40.3 Read More
AJDC elects Linda MacNeil New President
At its semi-annual members meeting in Tucson, AZ on February 9, 2019, AJDC announced new Executive Board members. Linda MacNeil was elected President of AJDC, succeeding Barbara Heinrich. Pascal LaCroix will continue to serve as Vice President and Adam Neeley was selected as Treasurer, Read More
AJDC Presents Benne Award to Alan Revere
The American Jewelry Design Council, which recognizes and promotes the appreciation of original jewelry design as art, bestowed its rarely given Benne Award for Lifetime Achievement on designer, metalsmith, teacher, and author Alan Revere on February 8, during the Tucson gem shows. The Read More