[Jewelry making - Article 00688] - Re: [Orchid] Lapidary Journal Article-Hot Topic

[Len & Judy Bjorkman]

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    I subscribe to Lapidary Journal because it's one of the few places
    where I can find current "how-to-do-it" articles (in their "Step By
    Step" section).  I get ideas that save me time, money, and open up
    whole new areas of jewelrymaking for my consideration.  I do not
    subscribe in order to look for great designing. 

    Anyhow, it's good to look back at LJ 10 years or more and see how
    much the designs (and layout, etc.) have actually improved a great
    deal.  In addition, LJ has at least two foci -- one on lapidarists,
    who think too much of the magazine is dedicated to metalworking, and
    the other on jewelrymakers, many of whom are less interested in how
    to facet gems. Then there is the amateur vs. the professional.  LJ is
    always walking these (and other) tightropes. 

    Some of the designs which professionals fabricate are discouraging
    to amateurs because the design's complexity implies that the field is
    too difficult for the amateur.  This is not true. In addition, as
    someone else has said, "different strokes for different folks." 
    Someone out there will buy, love, wear, and look terrific in that
    casting on p. 64. It's not quite my thing, but neither are a lot of
    the award-winning designs that professionals do.  We are all
    different, which is what makes life (and jewelrymaking) so much fun. 

    Happy Holidays, Judy Bjorkman  

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