[Jewelry making - Article 00259] - Re: [Orchid] India among lowest cost producers of jewelry

[Daniel Spirer]

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Lee,

    With all due respect, I don't believe that Orchid is a list devoted
    only to technical aspects of jewelry making. Part of Hanuman's
    description of his website and Orchid is (this is a direct quote): 

    Ganoksin also provide various platforms and forums for the exchange
    of information and opinion; with contributors from all over the world
    speaking from a wide range of technical and aesthetic experiences,
    covering a full range of topics of interest to the jeweler and the
    gemologist.

    I have very little interest in the technical discussions because,
    while at my advanced age I can occasionally learn a new trick or two,
    that isn't my focus at the moment. Plus I have absolutely no interest
    in certain topics (I never have and never will do any enameling for
    example) so I do the same thing that I always recommend to someone
    who is against watching sex and violence on their television: I don't
    look at the stuff. It is quite easy to tell, usually within the first
    two or three words (if not just from the heading) what a topic is
    going to be. If you don't want to pursue that topic, then just don't
    read the rest. Because of the way the jewelry trade has grown,
    changed and developed in the last two centuries there are a myriad of
    ethical, human and moral issues that are closely intertwined with our
    trade. It is just as important, for example, that someone understand
    the issues of non disclosure of gem treatments as that they
    understand how to satisfactorily make a hollow sphere. 

    Also, while there is an occasional outburst from some participants
    (myself included) the reality is that you are not going to have a
    list with so many free thinking, opinionated people as Orchid does,
    without some amount of disagreement. Disagreement does not
    necessarily mean that you are flaming someone. It means that there
    are at least two sides to an issue and some people are on one and
    some are on the other. 

    Additionally, if the only thing Orchid became was a list on
    technical aspects of jewelry making, I could provide a list of 6-8
    books that would answer virtually every technical question ever
    raised on Orchid that would eliminate the need altogether for a forum
    like this. But where would the fun in that be???

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-2344392
www.spirerjewelers.com

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