[Jewelry making - Article 00816] - Re: [Orchid] The purpose of Artist's statements?

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>      I am feeling lately that if you look closely at the  work,
>     everything you need to know about the artist is there. 

    ah brent - 

    but you have to remember that we are trying to educate people who
    ask questions such as: 

    - looking at an opal piece - "is this that dahakrowick gless i heard
    about?" 

    - looking at an intricately cut & soldered design - "how'd you get
    all those pieces glued together like that?" 

    - looking at a baltic amber design - "boy, they sure do make this
    stuff look real don't they?" 

    - after reading a small sign stating everything was designed & made
    by the artist - "so, did you make some of this?" 

    so, brent - some days we need to either try to educate with a
    statement or have a friend tie our hands together behind our backs
    to prevent us from choking potential buyers. 

    ive 

    who returned from tucson yesterday after a 54 day 'odyssey from hell'
    involving a partner; a motorhome; a 12' x 8' trailer loaded with
    6000+ pounds of rocks/etc; very high steep,
    sheer-sided-dropoff-narrow mountain roads; a new transmission.
    lesson: a steady diet of 300 feet high abject terror is not good for
    an acrophobiac. 


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