[Jewelry making - Article 00558] - Re: [Orchid] Branding and other observations

[Kimberly Starbard]

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>     Would it make a difference to the public? I think so. The problem
>     I guess is if you are buying stones or findings from china or india
>     (or who knows) you can't really say 'made in xyz' you have to say
>     'assembled in xyz', that's another story though.. not knowing
>     where your items are coming from that you assemble if you aren't
>     fabricating everything by hand. 

    I also think it makes a difference to the public if made in America
    vs. made somewhere else. If I was to speak as part of the buying
    public....I would lean more towards purchasing if it were from
    someone with small production (who didn't outsource any part of
    production to another country). When I think of made in America (as a
    customer) I don't equate that with all components (stones for
    example) being cut in America....I equate it with the assembly part.
    In other words....I think of assembled in America (to me) does mean
    made in America as well. 

    If, for example, I designed and made a ring that had a stone that
    was cut and polished in India in it. I would have no moral problem
    with stamping it made in America...because I feel it was. As far as I
    know, there are no guidelines for this as of yet (otherwise the
    Sundance company may be in for some mighty lawsuits). Now if I
    designed a piece that called for a specific component and I had that
    component mass produced in India or China (or wherever)....I could
    not stamp it made in America....even though I got the mass produced
    component back and assembled the piece. This is confusing
    question...kind of like going down a black hole. The first point I
    would raise with my own line of thinking is (of course) what's the
    difference between buying a stone that was cut and polished in India
    and having a component of your jewelry mass produced in another
    country....I don't see a way out of this one.
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