[Jewelry making - Article 00146] - Re: [Orchid] 1000...ummmm....Rings

[Dan Woodard]

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    I bought a copy quite a while back, and I'm glad I did. 

    To know what a ring is requires very little effort to learn. To learn
    what a ring can be, now there's a leap, hence "1000 Rings". My
    exposure to coursework in 2D and 3D design, by the wonderful N.A.U.
    faculty, gave me the tools to appreciate the non-representational. 

    A colleague once voiced his sneer at a piece in a magazine. The
    piece featured a large triangular slab of opalescent material
    surrounded by 3 different gemstones, all rounds (probably a half
    pearl, a brilliant-cut emerald, and a cab garnet). 

    Here was my avenue. I told him that the disparate round stones, by
    virtue of their roundness, contributed to a unified whole, as did
    the arc of gold backing the slab. The triangular opalescent slab
    created the necessary visual tension to "make you look" yet was
    balanced by all the surrounding round elements. 

    Pretty good for a well-read redneck, huh? 

Dan Woodard, IJS
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