[Jewelry making - Article 00224] - Re: [Orchid] Smithsonian jury results

[richard hart]

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>     Why such black and white thinking? Can't jewelry sometimes be art?
>     In a word no. It's that simple.

    Only no for either someone with no imagination, a lack of skill,
    someone who is jealous of the creative ability of others, or someone
    who just wants to argue. If my customers uses the word artist to
    describe how they perceive my work, then one who is an artist makes
    art, and it would seem that my jewelry is art. Rather than the
    question, what makes something art, I would challe= nge what makes
    something not art. Further, I challenge anyone to go to Harold
    O'Connors website, and tell me why his work would not be considered
    art. Because it is wearable does not make it not art. If you put a
    pin back on a Renoir, would it still be art? 

Richard Hart
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