[Jewelry making - Article 01229] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[The Doctor]

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>         when someone claims, represents, or presents any of your work
>     as their own, that constitutes theft of intellectual property &
>     there are attorneys who make more than sufficient livings enforcing
>     the terms of that 'new' copyright law. 

    *sigh* Okay, I was being a bit cryptic about it for personal reasons
    but I'll explain heRe: The "similar instances in the past that were
    associated with another art form where clients have entered my (not
    jewelry-related) pieces in juried shows" were national competitions
    in such categories as Best Tattooed Female, Best Tattoo Artist, Most
    realistic Tattoo, etc. Magazine photographers always attend these
    national events and have put my pieces on covers, masthead pages,
    etc. I never encouraged it, but the recipients of my work in that
    art form want their own validation for the time, money and effort
    they spent acquiring their pieces, and the pieces, once finished,
    are considered the property of the client. The tattoo business has
    at least as many arguments over juried competitions as the jewelry
    business does, and it stinks no matter which one you're involved
    with. 

    Here's where I empathize with you, and the main reason I won't
    bother with juried shows: The tattooed competitor would enter the
    show and win, or not win. The photographer takes photos and the
    magazine's editor displays my work right next to some jailhouse
    hack's cassette recorder tattoo machine garbage because, after all,
    the magazine has to fill space, right? Just as the craft show
    promoter also has to fill space. Face it, when it's all about money
    (all craft/jewelry shows are), ethics often go out the window, or
    the rules become stretched or re-defined. And please, nobody lecture
    me about the differences between ethics in the tattoo business vs.
    ethics in the jewelry trade. There are top professionals in both
    fields. If your show's authorities won't "follow the rules" then
    quit the show. 

    To get back to the topic once again, is the student in question "the
    artist?" Yes, by one definition - no, by another. I carve, cast,
    forge, roll, solder, tattoo, draw/design and have played guitar for
    well over 40 years, sing and write songs and still macrame from time
    to time. Does this make me an artist? I don't care, so you be the
    judge. Just don't expect me to show up for the decision; I'll be too
    busy creating something out of something else. 

James in SoFl

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