[Jewelry making - Article 00959] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[CL Syrek]

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>      I've always resented having "casted work" next to my hand made
>     (fabricated  from sheet and wire) . Casting is nothing more than
>     reproduction work... and oh, I hate to say this, "similar to PRINTS"
>     There is only ONE  original... the rest are copies!  And I don't,
>     honestly think that copies  fit most of the descriptions listed in
>     the applications for shows

    I agree with this whole thread but I have to take a bit of an issue
    with the casting thing. Alot of the work that I do involves plant
    life and the like that I have found and have cast in multiples. I
    then create stories from these. I have a series of eucalyptus pods
    that have hollowed out centers that I have enamelled in addition to
    introducing fibers/threads into these holes. One particular piece
    from this series is a necklace that is composed of about 150 of these
    pods all filled in varying shades of red. There is nothing
    "reproduction" about this piece. It is about repetition, not copying.
    I highly doubt that you would see this necklace representing anything
    occurring in nature as we know it. Why should I carve a wax of one of
    these pods when what I really want is it captured "as it is" in
    metal so that I may manipulate it. 

    I understand that what you most likely meant was casting to create
    say, production pieces passing them off as "show quality". And with
    that I agree. But a generalization like the above can be read as a
    slam. 

    Not trying to be confrontational, just fair. 

Cheers from rainy season in Bangkok-
Carree

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