[Jewelry making - Article 00366] - Re: [Orchid] Just what is a Qualified jeweler?

[Daniel Spirer]

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David,

    I think Richard's approach to employees doing it his way has a large
    amount to do with the differences in the product you are producing. I
    believe Richard does a lot of his own designs at a retail level. You
    work a trade shop doing work for other retailers. I go with Richard
    in terms of making the stuff come out the same way, because I don't
    want my employees changing my designs because they want to approach
    the production in a different manner. When someone sees my pieces on
    someone else I want them to immediately recognize them as being mine.
    This doesn't however preclude me from 1) letting the employees
    occasionally stumble their way into what I want (I'm actually known a
    bit for taking the "just go figure it out" approach--quite
    successfully I might add) and 2) occasionally allowing them to
    produce their own work for sale in my shop. If, on the other hand, it
    is simply a repair job coming in, my employees can take whatever
    approach they think is best. Since I personally have always taken non
    traditional approaches to my jewelry making (I could make most of you
    cringe at the thought of how I sometimes do things) I have always
    been open to different approaches. But when it comes to having my own
    product look the way I want it to, it's my way or the highway. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-234-4392
www.spirerjewelers.com
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