[Jewelry making - Article 00025] - Re: [Orchid] Technology & Design

[kevdan]

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    HI Suzane I am in full agreement with David on the subject of
    technology, it helps large manufacturers alot but as for makeing one
    of a kind pieces it is way to time consuming and it removes the
    maker from the material I have a friend who uses a cnc wax carving
    machine to do work on and the pieces are impressive but they are
    almost soleless in that they do not show any handwork. I have no
    aspirations of competeing with the mass marketers I make one of a
    kind pieces by hand one at a time using centuries old techniques.
    Alot of people think that tools and technology can make up for years
    of learned skill but it just is not the case. My wife likes to call
    my shop a technology free zone, It has only been a couple of months
    now that I have owned a computer and I would still be with out one
    were it not for my son who is going to need one for school, however
    I really enjoy reading and replying on this sight. Last night I was
    hand forging a baby spoon for a friends new baby and he was watching
    me do it, he works for a large computer firm and his job is to make
    stuff go as fast as possible and as efficiently as possible after
    three hours of pounding and planishing we finally had a hand made
    spoon and he was completely amazed and concerned at the same time,
    he informed me that there was no way I could ever produce these
    things profitably and make any money doing it unless I figured out
    how to do it faster with some machines, then I explained to him that
    if I used a machine it would be like all other spoons that are made
    today and it would not contain all the hammer blows that he and I
    had forged into it it would just be one of a million spoons that
    were punched out of a press by a machine operator that day not one
    made specialy by hand for his son. 

Sincerely Kevin Potter


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