[Jewelry making - Article 01335] - Re: [Orchid] Detecting quality

[James Binnion]

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>         So if you carved the part and cast it yourself and then
>     soldered it to a 'hand made' piece (by FTC guidelines,) you could
>     claim sole authorship for the whole and that's really the point,
>     eh? 

    I like the concept of "sole authorship" it is a good one. This is
    what many of us are trying to say when we say hand made. But there
    is also an implication of the skill of the maker when we say hand
    made or hand wrought and a casting by its very nature does not fit
    into this idea in that it is by definition a reproduction of the
    master model. The hand made part of the casting process is the
    carving of the original model not the final piece. Now before I get
    jumped on by the casters I know there is a great amount of skill
    necessary to master the process of casting, I used to be a
    production caster. But if the process of casting is followed step by
    step you will get a good casting. A machine can be made that will
    produce as good or better casting than a human can.  In this way
    casting is a predetermined process if you do all the steps properly
    then you will get a good result that is indistinguishable from the
    previous one. So there is a fairly high degree of certainty of
    outcome in the process. The crafts person who makes handmade objects
    works more with the element of risk. Every time they put tool to
    material the results are determined by the skills, experience and
    attention to detail that person brings to the work. The result is
    determined more by the combination of human factors than correctly
    following of steps in a procedure. 

    There is a great book on this subject titled  "The Nature and Art of
    Workmanship" by David Pye. It is a very good and thought provoking
    essay. I highly recommend that anyone who is involved in any part of
    the crafts field read it. 

>         Say, does August 22nd mean anything to you? 

    	I am making an assumption here (which is often dangerous:-))  that
    this is addressed to me . In which case yes Aug 22 is my wedding
    anniversary. Is this what you are referring to? If so how do I know
    you? 

Jim


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