[Jewelry making - Article 00037] - Re: [Orchid] What will people pay for...

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    All, Accepting the risk of offending.....I looked at the items in the
    NY Times article and was not at all impressed. I instruct at an art
    school where heavy emphasis is on the graphics side of fine art.  We
    have some painters who could rival the best who ever painted.  All
    schools and techniques are included....some of which could even be
    called 'wierd'.  That does not mean it is not art...just wierd art. 

    We also have instructors in our jewelry department who teach what I
    call 'esthetic art jewelry'.  What is that?  In my humble opinion it
    is wierd 'jewelry' that cannot be worn or otherwise adorn one's body.
     It is simply something to sit there and look at now and then.  It is
    also wierd art but can be called 'jewelry' only by a very long
    stretch of one's imagination. 

    The stuff in the NY Times article cannot even begin to fit the above
    descriptions.  My young granddaughters do that stuff.....lots of it
    much nicer than that pictured.  On the other hand, if there are those
    talent challanged people out there who cannot match two colors,
    shapes or whatever who would rather pay someone else to do it for
    them...so be it.  I guess even those with no talent have the right to
    pay those who may not have talent but perhaps have a wild sense of
    imagination for something they can at least wear on their bod. 

    Now I wonder why I even started writing this message!! Cheers from
    Don at The Charles Belle Studio in SOFL where simple elegance IS fine
    jewelry! dcdietz AT comcast.net 

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