[Jewelry making - Article 00910] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[Carolyn S. Bensinger]

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Noel and everyone--

    This is a real issue for all of us who do shows and who design and
    make all the work ourselves.  There seem to be quite a few people (I
    do refrain from calling them artists) doing shows who could not have
    personally or possibly made all the work in their cases, and, sad to
    say, those such as your student who have no "hand" in the work. 
    Never having served on a jury, it's hard to say what the slides
    looked like when these folks were juried in.  My impression was that
    the slides submitted should be representative of the work at the
    show.  We all know that some of the jewelry we see could not
    possibly be what was in the slides--unless there's something going
    on in the jurying process that's really underhanded--and don't get
    me started on that.  Or maybe that's something else we could/should
    discuss.  But I digress.  The show producers all claim that the work
    at the shows will be carefully looked at, etc.--but the repeat
    offenders are often repeat exhibitors. 

    I don't really know of a way to prevent those who aren't being
    honest about the work from getting into shows--especially the "good"
    ones. It's a real problem for those of us who are struggling to make
    it in the depressed retail market of the shows. 

    Eager to read other comments. 

Thanks for bringing this up.
Carolyn

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