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| [948] Technology is irrelevant to Jewellery Design -- or is it? |
Jewellery design is generally considered solely from an artistic standpoint, and the jewellery is viewed as an expression of a designer´s artistic talent. How does technology fit into this scenario? Certainly design and technology are involved in making jewellery, but are they linked? What is the relationship between design and technology? In this presentation, I will try to explore this relationship in terms of jewellery manufacture, with some emphasis on technology´s ole in innovative design. I hope to show that technology is not irrelevant to creative design, and that each feeds off the other.... (2003)
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| Show me more articles from: [The World Gold Council]|[Chris Corti] |
| Releated Categories: [Critical Notes]|[Jewelry Design] |
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| [224] The Hard Facts of Sapphire & Ruby |
Ask any jeweler to list the gemstones with which they prefer to work, and sapphires and rubies would undoubtedly rank near the top. With a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale, these popular varieties of corundum have long been considered nearly impossible to damage, and they can easily withstand the melting point of even high karat gold solders. Not surprisingly, many jewelers feel a comforting sense of security when faced with a ruby- or sapphire-set piece. Which may be a problem.... (2003)
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| Show me more articles from: [AJM]|[Julie Nash and Arthur Skuratowicz] |
| Releated Categories: [Gemstones Information]|[Critical Notes] |
| ISBN: B00006K39S |
| [191] The Teacher's Role |
I believe the teacher's role is as a guide, an instigator, a devils advocate as well as instructor. A teacher should provoke the student to constant re-examination of their work, guide the student to objectivity and clarity in conceptualization and decision making in their work and to learning how one may apply this approach during the creative process and in terms of ones developmental direction. Teaching is about opening and offering paths to the student.... (1993)
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| [820] Three Details That Have a Big Impact on Jewelry Buyers |
Quality matters to Michael Bondanza; he has been known to rebuild entire finished pieces -- some containing hundreds of precisely inlaid stones and articulated component parts -- to ensure that the gems aligned exactly, the hinges opened smoothly, and every detail met his exacting standards. Such dedication to craftsmanship has earned him world renown over his 30 - year career, as well as a clientele that includes The Johnson Familys Diamond Cellar, Lux Bond & Green, and Tivol, to name just a few. Yet not every detail requires great investments of time or money to produce. In this arti cle, Bondanza describes three small improvements that can be made at very little cost, but which can transform the quality of a piece from average to exquisite.... (2006)
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| Show me more articles from: [AJM]|[Michael Bondanza] |
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| [204] Workshop Air Quality |
Four areas in the jeweler's workshop produce harmful substances that MUST be properly removed from the shop in order to maintain the jewelers' health. The toxic particles produced are generally chronic in nature. This means that immediate reaction is not apparent, but twenty or thirty years of continued exposure can lead to poor health and sometimes early death.... (2003)
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| Show me more articles from: [BWSimon]|[Bradney W. Simon] |
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