[Jewelry making - Article 00456] - Re: [Orchid] Is too early to start your own workshop?

[Lisa Bialac-Jehle]

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>     Hi, I just would like to know, how early is too early to start
>     your own workshop as a student? I just did a 1 year and half
>     course, but I dont know if that is enough? 

    I dunno....I only ever took a six week two hour jewelry night class
    at a community college......and I think I didn't attend all of the
    classes.....when I started my own workshop. That was fifteen years
    ago....lol...Hope I have picked up something more than that since
    then. You have a lot more edjumacation than I ever did. 

    Personally, I have always thought that education is a wonderful,
    helpful, important thing, I do have a BA in
    design...ceramics........but no jewelry,...so I ain't totally
    ign'rent, but like having the best tools, education will not make you
    a great or even a good jeweler or artist, that part is up to your
    talent and your drive. You can have many years of schooling, and
    still suck. Those of us who cite our "MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE"...mea
    culpa sometimes.....hey...we could have been doing it wrong for
    thirty years. 

    Do you want to open a workshop? 

    So open a workshop. 

    Lisa, (A sunny, hot and beautiful day here in Hell-Lay...despite all
    of the fires burning around us. ) Topanga, CA, USA

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