[Jewelry making - Article 00062] - Re: [Orchid] The casting not hand made discussion

[Downey]

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>          It is getting to be like the argument of how many angels can
>     dance on the head of a pin.  : ) 

    Well, depends on if you made it by hand to hold a lot of angels
    or.... <g> 

    Curiously, the oft-maligned PMC material seems to fit the definition
    of handmade better than casting! Is purchasing a facetted stone
    buying raw materials? What about tumble finishing? Is an electric
    rolling mill cheating compared to hand cranked? Or should we all be
    able to planish to a different shape/gauge? 

    	Like many attempts to control what is a chaotic and moving target,
    the Guvmint fails again. If people need answers about how something
    was made they can ask. If someone purposely defrauds them they
    should have recourse. 

    	 Even the creation and widespread use of dictionaries hasn't
    prevented 'drift' of the language.(remember when hardware and
    software were handtools and lingerie?or compare 'conservative' in an
    old Roget's thesaurus and a recent one)) I say EMBRACE chaos and
    tell people to look around. For one, if it didn't grow (and many
    leather/wood items are highly refined)it was brought out of a mine
    (or oil well) BY THE HAND OF MAN. And HEY - GUESS WHAT - ALL
    gemstones start being ENHANCED starting with the mud being washed
    off of them! ALL of the gems I've cut have been greatly 'enhanced'
    thank you. And if you want to enhance the way YOU look, try wearing
    some nice jewelry! There is nothing 'natural' about avoiding meat -
    your 'wild' ancestors would not have turned down a fresh kill! In
    our present society, you may have the luxury of choosing to eat
    'organically' grown produce - but 1/3 of the earth's population
    would have to DIE if we ALL insisted on organically grown foods! If
    it weren't for synthetic stones and 10K gold, a lot of folks may not
    be able to adorn themselves at all!(self adornment - that's a whole
    'nother argument!) Pretty much - everthing I've 'made' so far has a
    lot of hand,mind and heart in it - with some sweat, tears, cursing
    and occasionally blood. 

    	I'm gonna tell people I'm so talented, all my stuff IS handmade -
    using only one hand! (handsmade should be the Guvmint selected
    term). 

Carl
1 Lucky Texan


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