[Jewelry making - Article 00663] - Re: [Orchid] a new way to market jewelry

[Beth Wicker]

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>      Those who consider themselves "artists" tend NOT to work in
>     multiples or "lines". There have been far better responses on this
>     overall question than I could ever make but this particular comment
>     is a little weird given that there are many recognized big name
>     artists who did lithographs and other types of numbered multiple
>     reproductions and they were still considered artists.  I believe
>     someone named Picasso was among them. 

    First, I was addressing what the person considers themselves, not
    what others define them as.  Second, you are quite right, and as a
    printmaker myself I DO create multiples (editions) of some prints.   
    Third, there is a VAST difference between a "reproduction" and an
    original print created in an edition.  This is an example of my not
    having the right words to adequately explain what I mean.  When
    Picasso, or Rembrandt, or any other artist, actually creates a print
    themselves it is NOT a reproduction.  A reproduction is something
    that was originally created in some other state (usually but not
    always a painting when talking about reproduction prints), that has
    then been copied, usually photographically, and printed, usually
    commercially.  It is of no more inherent value than a magazine cover
    or photo, the only real difference being the paper it is printed on. 
    An original print, on the other hand, has NEVER been a painting.  It
    was conceived and created on the metal plate, or stone, or screen, or
    woodblock, etc., and printed.  Sometimes by the artist themselves,
    sometimes by a master printer (just as many famous stone statues were
    conceived by the artist and carved by master carvers).  The fact that
    it may be "pulled" in an edition, or in a monoprint (one) doesn't
    change the fact that it is original, NOT a reproduction. 

    Which really comes back to what I was attempting to express.  In my
    experience, those people I know who consider themselves to be
    "artists" are constantly creating new pieces, and expressing new
    ideas, in whatever media they use.  While sometimes these ideas may
    come in editions, as in prints, quite often they don't - do please
    note in the original post I DID say "tend" not "always"!!!  Whereas
    those people I know who consider themselves to be "craftsmen" tend
    (again, not always!) to produce multiples of the same thing.  Go to
    any craft fair and look at the potters - most will have a standard
    shape and color scheme to their work, that they will have at this
    show, and the next, and the next, and so on.  They are NOT exploring
    new ideas, they are producing the same idea over and over.  SOME will
    have some of this, or none of this, but pieces that may "grow" out of
    each other, as the artist explores how they can mold/use the clay to
    express their inner vision.  This is true in woodworking, and I see
    the same thing in jewelry. Some jewelry is a repition of things
    already done, some is an entirely new direction, or a totally new
    take on an old direction.  When someone makes a piece and has it cast
    in multiples,  I put this in the same class as those who make a
    painting and have it reproduced in prints.  Only the first one was an
    "original".  The rest are copies of that original.  Please note this
    is my opinion only! 

    Sorry if my words don't adequately convey my meaning! 

Beth in SC


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