[Jewelry making - Article 01100] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[Patricia Hicks]

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    Hi Jessee, again.  I'm  sad and feeling disgusted about this
    business of discrimination on the subject of castings.  You will
    have perhaps seen the posting I sent yesterday in response to
    something IVE wrote, but not because of  her posting. Unhappily, I'm
     exhausted at present and may not make the best sense. But please
    let me suggest that if you are creating your own waxes and doing the
    finishing - for the moment at least - you need Not apologize to
    anyone, nor feel your work is unworthy. This is what I'm fighting
    against - the notion that what we're doing is any less beautiful,
    creative, or worthwhile than those hammering and fabricating and
    using the hydraulic press and drawplates and tree stumps to create
    jewelry. It is totally not fair nor logical. Rather than put down
    castings in general,  say they Ban commercial waxes, Ban commercial
    findings, Ban commercial stampings and Ban commercial cast pieces,
    not ones' own, that have been Assembled !   

    Then, sit back and see what happens to the very jewelry industry
    that supports us !  But we can still produce our wonderful waxes and
    castings, because we can certify that WE made them, by hand, as much
    as any other jewelry has been made by hand.  I avoid much in this
    argument by not mass producing my work.  But then I don't have to
    make a living at it either.  I can do show pieces, or one-offs, or
    limited production editions of a dozen.  Nobody would quarrel with
    that.  But if you need bread and butter pieces, and most do, keep
    them in a separate category from your show pieces, and gather
    customers for them from your excellent mailing list, and make a good
    living with both facets of your creations. Just DO NOT feel put down
    because you've chosen casting or wax working to do it.  This is an
    unreasonable prejudice, among unreasonable and uncreative thinkers.
    Makes me grumpy, just like being exhausted does. Can you tell? Sorry.
     But I'll feel the same way tomorrow and next week and next year
    about this. Those who whine can't begin to do what we do, even though
    we can very likely do what most of them can, and choose not to!  So
    there!  Keep learning and you will develop mold-making skills and be
    able to do your own casting too.  Just refuse to be intimidated ! 
    You Go Girl !  

Pat, off to a well-deserved nap

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