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Part Five in Kent Raible’s video series. The Fire Project

In Part Five, Kent forges the band for the Fire ring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K6f5bNhzsc Read More

Part Four: Kent Raible’s FIRE Project

In this video, Kent shows how he fuses two colors of gold.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wspri383gmo Read More

Part 3: Kent Raible creates a ring for the FIRE Project

In this installment, Kent explains how he will create the settings for the individual stones for the ring he is creating for the FIRE Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdJ-ePV9JHw Read More

Part Two: Kent Raible creates a Design Project

In part two of his video series, AJDC member Kent Raible shows how he will add "flames" to his FIRE Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1oqMIiy6NM Read More

Video: See how a Design Project begins.

In this video, AJDC member Kent Raible explains how he begins the process of creating his piece for FIRE. Kent will be adding new videos as his work progresses. Come back soon to see how his design develops. Every year the AJDC has a Design Project. The theme for 2015 is FIRE. The Read More

Variations on a Theme moving to GIA this summer

AJDC is proud to announce that 'Variations on a Theme: 25 Years of Design from the AJDC' will be moving to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in August 2015. The collection made it's debut at the Forbes Gallery in 2014 and was on display at the Kent State University Read More

Website Update Nov 11, 2014

We have made some performance upgrades to the website. You will see quicker page load times, enhanced viewing on your mobile devices and a few other "behind the scenes" improvements. We will soon add some video tutorials to help you with managing your page content. In the mean time, Read More

AJDC Members win 2015 Spectrum Awards

The American Jewelry Design Council is delighted to announce that five of its members were winners of the 2015 American Gem Trade Association "Spectrum Awards". Paula Crevoshay won Best Use of Color, Jennifer Rabe Morin won 1st Place in Business/Day Wear, Mark Schneider won 2nd Place in Read More

‘Variations on a Theme’ moves to Kent State University

After a successful six-month-long exhibition at the prestigious Forbes Galleries in New York City, The American Jewelry Design Council has announced that their exhibition, “Variations on a Theme,” has moved to the Kent State University Museum. The exhibit opened on October 24, 2014 and Read More

AJDC Members Among Winners of Spectrum Awards

Winners have been named in the 2014 AGTA Spectrum Awards™ competition hosted by the American Gem Trade Association. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the competition. The competition was judged October 19-20 in New York, NY. Judges for the 2014 competition were retailer Jennifer Read More