[Jewelry making - Article 00068] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Loren Damewood]

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    I've never had formal instructions related to jewelry making, though
    I've been fortunate enough to be allowed to observe things like
    soldering, smelting, etc, before going off to try them on my own. I
    tend to read up on something, try to find someone who does it and
    watch them, then I go off by myself and make a mess until it starts
    to make sense to me. 

    When I first began making jewelry, I had absolutely no clue at all,
    just a couple of items of information. One, that I could tie knots,
    and secondly, that knots could be tied in wire. It took me almost a
    year to go from a kinked tangle of wire to being able to make any of
    several reasonably attractive patterns, and I did that all
    completely on my own. 

    Now I like to take students all the way though that in one day... it
    makes me wonder where I'd be now, if I'd known someone who already
    knew how to do what I wanted to do, but there's no way to ever find
    that out. 

Loren
http://www.golden-knots.com

 
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