[Jewelry making - Article 00169] - Re: [Orchid] Ethics in Casting

[MillsGem]

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Dear Karen,

    I almost never throw away any small plastic object which has even a
    remote possibility of becoming a part of a design in jewelry. I have
    no qualms about copywright. Unless you are duplicating the FUNCTION
    of the original application I fail to see how you might be
    compromising the design. Furthermore, if you do an organic burnout
    of a natural object what you are doing is a tribute to the
    miraculous diversity in nature. Natural objects are a product of
    random replication: they are not individually created products of
    creativity. 

    Creativity in designing jewelry should never be constrained by
    perceived inhibitions....it is always much easier to imagine reasons
    for NOT doing something than it is to DO something. Conservative
    people rarely do anything that amounts to creativity....they are too
    busy trying to suppress the activities of the people who are
    creative. 

Ron Mills, Mills Gem Co. Los Osos, Ca.

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