[Jewelry making - Article 00300] - Re: [Orchid] When your work gets ripped....

[The Doctor]

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>     Well speaking of hair, I too am somewhat hair challenged but I make
>     a big attempt to use what little I have to make a big impression. I
>     have X's cut into the sides of my hair and a really long (albeit it
>     thin) ponytail. I tried to get my hairdresser to put in diamond
>     shapes (the shape of a faceted diamond) but unfortunately he's a
>     little artistically challenged. Nonetheless, whether it makes me 
>     more or less of an artist, my customers never forget what I look
>     like 

    I'll bet they don't. When I retired from the Air Force back in '93,
    I resolved that it'd be at least another 20 years before I cut it
    again. Apart from a trim every now and then, I stayed true to that
    resolution. Around this time last year, it was down to my belt (and
    I'm 6'2" if that gives you an idea how long it was), and I cut
    exactly 12 inches of it to donate to Locks of Love, an organization
    dedicated to providing wigs to children who have suffered medical
    hair loss. At this time, I'm still around six inches short of its'
    previous length. In my retail situation, nobody seems to mind, and
    the only mention is usually women who want to know what I use to
    keep it so silky. 

    I also had a fairly illustrious, 14-year career in the tattoo
    business and I'm tattooed down to my knuckles. My friends' kids all
    think I'm cool, and so do the younger couples who come in looking for
    bridal jewelry. Nearly all of them have some sort of tattoo (who
    doesn't, these days?) and it gives us a common core of experience.
    Since bridal jewelry is my country's highest selling item, I feel
    advantaged. 

    Older folks just don't care. Little old ladies think I'm just the
    sweetest guy, and older men often recount their war days with me as
    their wives shop and do business. The only real problem I ever get is
    with people in my own age group (I'm 50). The other age groups
    instinctively know that I'm an artist. The ones in mine are so obtuse
    that I simply point the fact out to them, and they come around. I
    guess it's just too confusing for folks in my age group when they see
    a (well-groomed) long-haired, tattooed guy in a long sleeved shirt
    and tie unless I win them over somehow. Nobody seems to mind the Van
    Dyke (a goatee is what Colonel Sanders has), though. 

James S. Duncan, G.G.
James in SoFL
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