[Jewelry making - Article 00075] - Re: [Orchid] What Is Jewelry Design?

[john]

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Nanz,

>     A respected teacher posed a question to me: How does a goldsmith /
>     artisan differentiate between design and creation? Clearly, many
>     people think that making jewelry and designing jewelry are the
>     same thing, but are they? What are the qualities that differentiate
>     the two? 

    This is my opinion and experience, not right or wrong, just my view: 

    I worked (some years ago) in the jewelry industry as a designer,
    actually my title was design research and development manager, I was
    also the master model maker "creating" the production maquettes.
    Designing/creating the "original" piece is where the "art" comes in,
    then the making the piece is where the "craft" comes in. I have seen
    a lot of work that is NOT original by goldsmiths/jewelers that they
    claim to be their design. Just a thought: Theoretically nothing is
    original on some levels. 

    I used to spend a lot of time creating pieces (very wearable) that I
    believed to be original even though I used design trends to
    influence the designs. Maybe 1 out of fifty ultimately I would
    consider a show stopper WOW original because through a synthesis of
    influences there sprang from my hands a truly one of a kind. Trends
    do influence the designers; what's in, what's not, influences
    designers enormously, if they want to eat. God, the dreaded need to
    survive influences all artists if they don't have a "day" job. 

    Just a short ramble. I did some pretty amazing stuff; it has been
    copied, expanded upon and plagiarized. Working for a manufacturing
    company gives one no name. I still see some of my work and the
    influences from pieces that I created in some of the jeweler's'
    trade magazines. Again, is anything we "design" truly
    original?????????? 

    Cynthia T. retired Jewelry Designer and master model maker. frequent
    lurker and John Dach's other half.

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