[Jewelry making - Article 00142] - Re: [Orchid] Smithsonian jury results

[Lisa Orlando]

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>     I'll use the stop sign piece to illustrate. You can go out and get
>     you a stop sign, hack it up, go to a hardware store and get some
>     chain, drill a hole in the piece. That is precisely what the piece
>     in question is. Or, you could get a piece of metal, make an
>     octagon, and inlay a stop sign in stone - or enamel, or pave'
>     rubies and diamonds. I, and the movement I mention (which is very
>     real, by the way) are not saying that we want to go back to pretty
>     pictures by any means. What it is is to recognize craftsmanship,
>     whatever the medium may be. The notion that someone who goes out
>     and picks up stuff and arranges it so, so artfully deserves equal
>     if not greater weight than someone who creates an item which has
>     never existed before is, well, "offensive" comes to mind. I'm not
>     talking about content, or saying that abstraction is a bad thing.
>     I'm talking about plain old everyday craftsmanship, whether metal,
>     paint, beads or fabric. 

    Hmmmm... I haven't seen this particular piece, but Andy said it was
    made by Boris Bally. I have tried on other pieces by Boris, and I'm
    surprised to hear that his craftsmanship is shoddy. The brooches I
    tried on had the signage "inlaid" in silver. Here is his web site,
    for those who are interested: http://www.borisbally.com/portfolio.php 


    Boris isn't a pave' type. He's interested in recycled materials. And
    although, in person, he seems like a real sweetheart, his work does
    express a kind of "bugger them" attitude (am I going to get away with
    this a second time?). But, John, so did Picasso's--never mind
    Duchamp's infamous Nude! Are you sure this isn't part of what you
    find offensive? 

    As for the offensiveness of considering artful arrangement
    "worthy"--how far do you want to go with this argument? Are you
    including all forms of collage and assemblage? Picasso? Joseph
    Cornell? Andy Goldsworthy? I don't really believe this is what you
    find offensive. Am I wrong? 

Lisa Orlando
Albion, CA, US
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