[Jewelry making - Article 00227] - Re: [Orchid] 1000...ummmm....Rings

[Nanz Aalund]

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    I have to agree with Andy Cooperman and with his appraisal of
    criticism. It is a very valuable part of the creative process but
    only helpful when it is specifically addresses aspects of the work
    that need attention. 

    I thoroughly enjoy the 500 / 1000 book series as eye-candy, and they
    have done a lot to promote the alternative jewelry market. But my
    concern with the genre is, will these books now codify what
    "art-jewelry" is supposed to be? 

    I saw a few too many
    plain-band-with-a-stick-and-something-plopped-on-top-of-the-stick
    kind of rings in the 1000 Ring book. At least 5 by different artists.
    Certainly, 5 out of 1000 is a small percentage, but... Is the jurist
    for the book trying to tell us that this form of ring treatment is
    the quintessential "art-jewelry" ring? 

    So all any future jewelry student who wants to be taken seriously as
    an "art-jeweler" needs to do is take a plain band, solder a wire to
    it, then plop something on top of the wire? 

    Should that be a project for Art Jewelry magazine? If so, who wants
    to write it? ;~} 

Nanz Aalund
Associate Editor / Art Jewelry magazine
21027 Crossroads Circle / Waukesha WI 53187-1612
262.796.8776 ext.228
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