[Jewelry making - Article 00038] - Re: [Orchid] Definition of "jeweler"

[rebecca rourke]

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    looking back over all the things that have aggravated you since i've
    been viewing/a member of ganoksin i am reminded that there must be a
    ventilation mechanism for those of us who create things with
    metals,gemstones, chemicals and fire -for you this forum of
    metalsmiths, jewelers, designers,marketeers, educators,
    metallurgists, and even the lowly "filers and sawyers" as you
    describe bench jewelers,is your "outlet"...and as such,it seems,
    that you are one frustrated young man grappling with the trials and
    semantics of the application of our collective art,craft and
    sciences and the mainstream conciousness, or the lack thereof
    regarding what we do...So - to remedy this current pang of public
    unawareness,perhaps you could consider getting some of those quite
    handy,burnable cd business cards...They hold an ample 50 mb of
    information, slides/photos (remember to compress them first to .jpg
    or .jpeg from.gif or other large imagery formats if you want to
    present a wide array of workpieces) words, music,etc.- truly a
    multimedia marketing tool, then you could educate your customers (
    presuming you own a "jewelry store") and perhaps a larger audience
    by proferring your definition of yourself and your art.. Otherwise,
    don't expect the mainstream buyer, a relative, or even those you are
    close to that know what you do to have a spasm of enlightenment that
    is the summation of how you define -well, anything!.. 

wishing you less frustration..
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