[Jewelry making - Article 00015] - [Orchid] The casting not hand made discussion

[Pat Hicks]

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    Perhaps I can simplify this discussion - boil it down to the
    essence.  If  I spend many hours carving a wax model, invest and cast
    it, do all the finishing, and present it for sale, a customer lights
    up and asks me, "Did YOU make that ?"   I can honestly say, "Yes, I
    certainly did - every step of the way."   The point FTC or anyone
    tried to make about castings not qualifying as handmade(wrought or
    any other term) surely intended the huge number of commercial
    castings available to the craftsperson who may add a stone and
    finish it and sell it as handmade. Those you've all identified in
    schlock booths, street vendor stalls, etc.  What most of us do is
    certainly not that and I really don't feel we should worry another
    minute about this subject.  It is getting to be like the argument of
    how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.  : ) 

Pat


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