[Jewelry making - Article 00347] - Re: [Orchid] 1000...ummmm....Rings

[Silverspotstudio]

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>     When you see the images, is there one ring that makes you jealous?
>     Any that make you feel like you should put away your torch? 

    Good question, Richard. There are many, many rings in that book that
    make me jealous. Far from feeling like I should put away my torch,
    those are the ones that motivate me to work hardest. 

    The best are the ones that make me say to myself, "I *can* do that,
    but I haven't yet. I need to get a move on..." 

>     Maybe this forum could evolve to posting pictures and inviting
>     crriticism. Anyone brave enough? 

    I'm all for it! (Been meaning to send in pix for a gallery page, but
    there's that "get a move on..." thing again.) The idea takes me back
    to the halcyon days of college, and the "crits" that were a feature
    of many of my art classes, and even some of my writing classes. I
    loved them. With a matur= e and intelligent group of students who were
    "big enough" to take some constructive criticism, as well as praise,
    the crits helped everyone grow. Don't get me wrong; I love having my
    work praised, but perhaps the most valuable comments are things like,
    "This element is maybe a bit out of balance with the rest of the
    composition," "That bezel could use some tidying," or even the
    dreaded "Are you finished with that part yet?" 

    The down side to all that is that some folks don't know the
    difference between useful criticism and nitpicking or put-downs,
    whether they're on the giving or receiving end. I was surprised to
    learn that at my alma mater, some art professors have stopped doing
    crits because the students were taking them too seriously and getting
    their feelings hurt - students were literally in tears over these
    things! This has been attributed to the constant praise that was
    heaped upon these kids in their formative years as educators tried
    to boost self-esteem with copious and often meaningless rewards -
    "Yay! You showed up for T-Ball practice! Here's your trophy!" It was a
    terrible thing to do to those kids, as they're now as defenseless as
    snails without shells. 

    All pedagogy aside, I wonder if such open criticism would work in
    the context of this forum. I certainly think we should try it - I'll
    volunteer when I get my page up - but it's going to be hard to avoid
    hurt feelings and misunderstandings, especially without the
    tone-of-voice and gestural elements present in a face-to-face
    meeting. 

>     la la la la la, cha cha cha 

    Shave and a haircut, my two bits, 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com
CIncinnati, OH
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