[Jewelry making - Article 00152] - Re: [Orchid] Definition of "jeweler"

[Daniel Hamilton]

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    I that question is like the one not to long ago, "what makes a
    designer?" In my opinion, this has the same type of answer. 

    In the world most of us live in, you're a jeweler if your competent
    at your craft. Doesn't mean you have to be able to do the full gambit
    of jewelry creation, but you make what you, and at least a couple
    other people, non family members or friends, are willing to pay for. 

    My Mason and Packer Jewellery dictionary doesn't even have a
    definition for jewelry, jewellery, or jeweller/ jeweler. 

    Now, if you want to know a supplier like Stullers definition, you
    need to have a boat load of money, able to pay your bills on time, a
    valid tax number, and have a good rating with the JBT. I doubt they
    even care if you make or sell one item, as long as you meet the other
    qualifications. 

    So let me ask you, do you think you're a jeweler? Do any of your
    friends? Then if it was up to me, which its not, then I would say,
    you're a jeweler. You might not be in the jewelry business, you might
    be a hobby or a student jeweler, but I would consider you a jeweler.
    I know some people who have jewelry stores, claim to be highly
    skilled jewelers, and insist they know everything because they have
    been in business for many years. But they don't even own a bench,
    source it all out. They have no gemological training or any other
    education to back it up but their self proclaimed life experience
    They are sells people, but are well established in the area as
    jewelers. They make a fair living at it as well. Personally I would
    not consider them a real jeweler. But my opinion means absolutely
    nothing.
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