[Jewelry making - Article 00218] - Re: [Orchid] Metalsmith Exhibition in Print

[Cynthia Eid]

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>       It takes a lot of time and energy to make a really ambitious
>     piece, but getting a degree is not the only reason to do it. They
>     are good attention- and award-getters for sure, but mostly, the
>     ones I manage to find the inspiration to make are what feed my soul
>     the best. They demand the most from the eclectic combination of
>     skills and thought-patterns that are uniquely mine, and are the
>     fullest expression of the reasons I do what I do. 

    Noel, I enjoyed very much your discussion of why you made the Flashy
    Tea teapot, and that sort of work.  I had the pleasure and honor last
    summer, during the week that I was teaching in Birmingham, England,
    to share a number glasses of wine with Giovanni Corvaja, who some of
    you may recall hearing present at the Denver SNAG conference (he does
    amazing jewelry with very fine wires and granules, that he alloys and
    draws himself---some are like fur!).  I was impressed and intrigued
    to hear him talk about how he is saving up so that he can afford to
    spend a year or more working on more of those really ambitious "art"
    pieces.  I am really impressed by that sort of ambition, drive, and
    inspiration.  He works really really really hard to do those amazing
    pieces! 

    Also, I would like to second the motion that Charles and others have
    made---don't just whine about SNAG.  Volunteer to help change it! 
    Nearly all the work is done by volunteers.  Just as you can't make
    assumptions about how someone gets the time and energy to make a
    masterpiece, you can't assume that the SNAG board members have
    nothing better to do with their time.  They are taking time from
    their work and their family, and their vacations to do SNAG work for
    us. 

Cynthia Eid
http://www.cynthiaeid.com/

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