[Jewelry making - Article 00145] - Re: [Orchid] Technology & Design

[Jim Reitze]

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    Is this going to turn into another long winded argument on the
    definitions of 'hand made'?  As far as the use of technology, I think
    that throughout history we have seen new technologies introduced in
    every walk of life. Writing in stone, then on to pencil and paper,
    eventually to printing presses, then typewriters, now computers at
    home and business.  Same in the jewelry trade, and every other.  Some
    embrace new technologies immediately, some don't, some never do.   It
    is all about our own personal comfort zones. If I could afford a CAD
    package right now, I would.  But I have no interest in rapid
    prototyping.  Doesn't mean its bad, just that I would rather take the
    designs I create in CAD and hand carve the waxes, or fabricate.  My
    thinking is that CAD can help me compensate for lousy drawing skills
    in communicating a photo realistic image to my customers when
    designing custom work.  The only time any technology is "bad" is when
    it is abused to hoodwink a customer.  If you write on a computer,
    using a type face that resembles handwriting, don't pretend that you
    wrote it out longhand.  If you create a piece by using CAD to design
    and some type of CAM to carve a wax, don't tell people you hand
    carved it.  Simple. Jim


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