[Jewelry making - Article 00868] - Re: [Orchid] Metalsmith's Exhibition in Print

[Lisa Orlando]

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    Despite saying that I probably wouldn't bother looking at the EiP,
    because so many Orchidians I respect were at least disappointed with
    it, I sat in Borders last weekend and did look at it. Some of it was
    intriguing, but a lot of it seemed to be what people here are calling
    "smart jewelry"-- a term I had never heard and wish someone would
    define. 

    Two things surprise me. One is the assumption, made by some
    Orchidians, that people who wish that Metalsmith would focus less on
    "smart jewelry" want it to turn into a magazine that focuses on
    "trade jewelry." Not me--I'm no more interested in Tiffany's than I
    am in what David Hufffman suspected were thesis projects. There
    really is a lot of jewelry out there that is gorgeous and creative
    and even uses unusual materials--and a smattering found its way into
    the EiP. Anyone who has seen the Art of Gold exhibit knows what I'm
    talking about. I loved the latter so much I could barely leave. (And
    I got to see the extra "Art of California Gold" exhibit that ran with
    it in Sacramento and was equally outstanding.) And, by the way, Andy,
    I think your work is fabulous.  

    The biggest surprise was that Susan Cummins was one of the EiP
    jurors. So...Metalsmith didn't just pick professors for this one. I
    haunted the old Susan Cummins Gallery and loved her aesthetic--more
    Ornament than Metalsmith, I would say. But I saw little of that
    aesthetic in the EiP. What happened? I didn't think about it until
    later, so I can't be sure, but I don't know if a single jeweler she
    represented was included. The EiP just didn't look like what I
    remember as "her stuff." 

    Lisa Orlando
    Aphrodite's Ornaments
    (back, for a few days at least, in) Benicia, CA

    PS: I never intended my comments to read as criticisms of Dana
    Singer, who I too think is fabulous.

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