[Jewelry making - Article 00360] - Re: [Orchid] Metalsmith's Exhibition in Print

[Hideo Chino]

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    Leah - this is just one person's perspective.  Metalsmith is a
    publication of SNAG. SNAG is populated largely by metalsmiths and
    jewelers with a "University" or academic background:  ie, MFA's in
    jewelry or metalsmithing, (some of whom are members of this list).
    Much of the work shown in the current edition is created by people
    who teach in Colleges and Universities and not in vocational
    programs by persons whose primary income comes from teaching and
    only secondarily from their art production. 

    I would estimate that most,  half or more, of our list members  have
    been and are proud to be bench jewelers, trained in an
    apprenticeship, through schools such as Revere Academy, GIA, Blaine
    Lewis' School, etc. and who earn their entire living (not just a
    part of it) from the production of jewelry.   They cannot afford to
    be so conceptual because there is not a sufficient market for such
    work.  There are also many who participate in Orchid in my opinion
    who are somewhere in between.  There is a huge divergence in
    approach between the "academics" and the rest. 

    Personally, I find much to be learned from all of the above
    catagories and I am certain I have omitted many such categories. The
    current Exhibition in Print is more conceptual than any I have seen
    for a long time.  Remember that the curators for each "Exhibition in
    Print" are selected a year or two in advance, by the Board of SNAG,
    based upon a proposal for the Exhibition, submitted by the
    prospective curators.  The winning proposal, and thus the Exhibition
    in Print  is different every year.  One year they had "Small Studio
    Jewelers" and the work was signifigantly more functional. I will be
    interested to see what others have to say about your question. 

Sheridan Reed

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