[Jewelry making - Article 00345] - Re: [Orchid] BFA/MFA Vs technical training

[John Donivan]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

>     Do some design work, do some CAD work, sweep floors...get your
>     hands really really really dirty. In my opinion, the best 

    Troy-who-is-more-Helen-than-Troy (LOL) makes many good points, and
    I'll make another one, since there are, I believe, 3 separate threads
    following the same theme. My point is Production. People who've never
    been there think of it as punching out units on an assembly line, and
    it can be that. What it also is is a creative environment that's sole
    purpose is making jewelry, filled with multitalented people doing
    wonderful things for pay. People like to think that "I would never
    sell out MY work for a job", which is fine, of course. In my work
    people throw thinks at me that I've never seen before - I get
    problems to solve I could never make up myself, I make jewelry I
    would never think to make, by myself. I get to turn Troy's artwork -
    someone like her - into reality, and then we all (often) stand back
    and say, "That's beautiful!!" It's not drudgery, it's a network of
    people contributing to it all. But, to go back to the question - if
    you do want to be on the hardware side of it, then you MUST learn
    that, which is the technical training part. Look at it this way: If
    you have, or intend to get, a MFA, then presumably you have some
    drawing or painting skills, maybe much of it. So, what would you
    think if I walked up to you and applied for a job, but I couldn't
    draw? Maybe I'm incredibly wishful, yearning to paint, but I have no
    skills with a brush or pencil. Are you going to even think about it?
    Is anyone serious going to hire a jewelry designer who doesn't know
    how jewelry is made even in theory? Doubtful, not impossible.. 

http://www.donivanandmaggiora.com
____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________