[Jewelry making - Article 00062] - Re: [Orchid] Non-traditional, non-precious materials

[Jordan Schlanger]

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    In reply to this potentially fascinating topic, I offer two words: 

    Tone Vigeland. (period...) 

    There once was a time, not all that long ago, when the aspiring
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    In this visionary gallery, one of the many crowning achievements of
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    Inventiveness, Sculpture, Creativity, and the profound relationship
    of jewelry to the body, that the concept of intrinsic or perceived
    value was utterly forgotten. 

    To this day I mourn the loss of this visionary window into the
    innovative mind and the soul of eternal adornment, a link to the
    true nature of jewelry in it's most pure translations. 

    It was a moment, coalesced by the vision of one man and many minds
    and hands, when 'Ceramit" vs. ceramic was not even a topic Worth
    worrying about, nor was gold vs. crumbling corroded copper and
    peeling plant bark. 

    Seek and search anything/everything to do with this place, and all
    your questions will be answered with mind-blowing profundity. 

    Remember: Tone Vigeland, (not to mention Ted Meuhling...)
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