by Bradford M. Smith (Author)
Author Biography
Brad Smith is a studio jeweler, lapidary, and jewelry instructor in Santa Monica, CA. Over 18 years his adult-ed classes have introduced hundreds of students to the challenge and the satisfaction of making fine jewelry. Smith's background includes 30 years in a career of manufacturing automation, machine tools, and CAD/CAM software plus the practical experience of building several jewelry shops, his own house, and operating a family horse farm. He is President of the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club and a member of the Metal Arts Society of Southern California. His books have received praise from the Florida Society of Goldsmiths, the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths, and the Australian Facetors Guild. And they have been #1 on Amazon's Best Seller lists in the categories of Jewelry and Metal Work.