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Linda MacNeil and Merry-Lee Rae win Saul Bell Awards

Marylouise Lugosch | May 19, 2020 |

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AJDC President Linda MacNeil and AJDC member Merry-Lee Rae have been honored as winners in the 2020 Saul Bell Awards. Linda MacNeil won First Place in the Alternative Metals/Materials Category for her Primavera necklace. Merry-Lee Rae won Second Place in the Enamel Category for her Read More

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AJDC Members are Saul Bell Finalists

Marylouise Lugosch | March 11, 2020 |

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AJDC President Linda MacNeil and AJDC member Merry Lee Rae have been named finalists in the 2020 Saul Bell Design Award. Now in its 20th year, this international competition renews its challenge to jewelers and metalsmiths to push their creativity in new and exciting directions, to Read More

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Jennifer Heebner features Polka Dot in blog

Marylouise Lugosch | January 21, 2020 |

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Writer Jennifer Heebner is featuring the Polka Dot Project in her blog this week. Mark Patterson 'Polka Dot' Read More

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AGTA Prism Profiles Ricardo Basta

Marylouise Lugosch | January 18, 2020 |

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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

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AJDC members are finalists in the Cultured Pearl Association Design Competition

Marylouise Lugosch | November 1, 2019 |

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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

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Zoltan David will be keynote speaker at the Portland Jewelry Symposium

Marylouise Lugosch | August 22, 2019 |

Zoltan David Orchid (2)

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

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David Freda and Linda MacNeil featured at SNAG exhibit

Marylouise Lugosch | July 9, 2019 |

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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

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Adam Neeley and Alishan Halebian win design awards

Marylouise Lugosch | June 18, 2019 |

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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

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AJDC Members win 2019 MJSA Vision Awards and a new generation of jewelry designers emerges.

Marylouise Lugosch | May 31, 2019 |

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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

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Get to know AJDC President Linda MacNeil

Marylouise Lugosch | March 27, 2019 |

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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

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