[Jewelry making - Article 00086] - Re: [Orchid] Technology & Design

[Nancy Howland]

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    When I'm making a pair of earrings, the first one is art and craft,
    the second earring is craft only.  The next duplicate pair of
    earrings is just plain work.  Technology in mass production allows
    the metalsmith to duplicate well-designed work in numbers that would
    otherwise be far beyond the time on earth available to any given
    person.  How wonderful that we can all have an affordable Orchid
    pin, for example, because the technology of casting allows the
    artist to duplicate a wonderful design.  The same technology allows
    the poorly designed/crafted work to be reproduced.  I've sometimes
    wanted a hot-line number to the "art police" who could go out and
    stop some people, maybe order rehab in an art design program before
    they reproduce again. 

Nancy
http://www.psi-design.com



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