[Jewelry making - Article 01037] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[EZEDGEUSA]

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>     What is  the difference between a "designer" and an "artist"?

    well, being both, and sometimes at the same time, i can only say
    that it always seemed to me that designers were artists that created
    product for commercial purpose, namely to resell. a designer could
    be an artist, but didn't necesserily have to create the actual first
    sample as long as they could conceive and communicate a pleasing
    article. unlike stylists, who mainly "shop" or scan magazines for
    ideas that others copy for commercial endevour. the highest level of
    artists create because they are driven to do so and often give away
    much of the art that clutters their space & lives. should they
    become so lucky that their work finds a market within their lives
    they are still artists. (and by the way, does it make a difference
    if an artist designs "inside out," or, "outside in?" the latter is
    also a designer.) 

    as far as the shows go, imho, the commercial ones should allow
    designers, (but not, "stylists,) and certainly not resellers. a show
    claiming to have "craft persons, and artists," (shows where much of
    the public come to view as if in a museum,) should be restricted to
    creators, unless the art itself is of a "reproductive," nature,
    (collage, lets say, or re-working of found objects??!!)  but that
    should be declared- by the by-laws of the shows & the honesty of the
    participants- or they risk karma kontamination. 

my 2 pence
april
de-tech studio, also doing photoshop, but in a very low tech way.

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