[Jewelry making - Article 01317] - Re: [Orchid] Non-jeweler designers at shows

[Fishbre396]

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    My husband has been in the jewelry industry for  decades and many of
    his one-of-a-kinds are cast pieces. Of course, someone can make
    copies by casting, but that  neither means that the artist is any
    less of any artist than  someone who might just slap a tiger's eye on
    a piece of  silver and call it a pendant and say their work has more
    integrity because it was fabricated.

    Only the first casting can be considered "One of a Kind"  When I see
     dozens of castings, all the same being called "One of a Kind"
    because they have  a different colored stone, I cringe.  In My
    opinion,  neither-  thousands of the same kind of fabricated work,
    nor thousands of the same kind of  cast work SHOULD BE  "juried"
    into shows.  I also feel that  painters, who offer nothing but
    "prints" (which are reproductions too!) should  not be juried into
    shows either.  Of course, this is only MY opinion. . .  the reality
    is that most juried shows do not reject those who call themselves 
    "artists" but are offering the same items that can be found at
    Target, Wal-Mart,  or any other retailer whether it is jewelry,
    pottery, wall art, sculpture or any  other kind of art.

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