[Jewelry making - Article 00644] - Re: [Orchid] Definition of jeweler?

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    marlene - while working with 'at risk' preteen girls one of them
    asked me "what is imagination?"  my personal definition could be
    applied to the design & creation of jewelry: 

  "to see what others cannot, or do not, is 'imagination'.
   to make others see what it is that you see is 'talent'.
   to make others understand what they see is 'creativity'." 
  
    what term other than 'artist' describes one who transcribes a design
    from the brain into 3-dimensional actuality? is not a jeweler who
    cuts, carves and polishes stone, welds and forges metals a
    'sculptor'? and then to marry the metal, mineral, and mind into
    something greater than its parts deserves better recognition than a
    'crafter.' i've suspected for some time that show judges/jurists
    might be responsible for the 'serration schizophrenia'. speaking of
    judges here's my view on some of them composed one afternoon while
    driving solo across florida on 'alligator alley' (boredom on four
    wheels) - a columnist with a trade magazine asked if it could be
    published, "anon", of course, but i have no idea if it was: 


    "ode to a few nameless judges 

    to the judge with hidden name & criteria was that your retreating
    posterior i saw dashing right by like the Grinch on the fly? 

    tell us, are you up to the task or do you just like to bask in the
    promoters' "ohhhing", & "ooohing"? 'cause if we had our say you'd get
    out to make way for someone who knows what they're doing. 

    but if you don't know our medium and just go through the tedium, then
    please don't call it 'judging' when in truth you're just 'fudging' to
    relive your own 'glory time' - so go enter yourself & get off of our
    dime. 

    we're entitled to answers & then some, because with you it's your ego
    - but with us it's our income!    

ive


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