[Jewelry making - Article 00102] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Stephen Walker]

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    I think we should be glad that this is a field that has not been
    closed to include only people with a certain type of training.
    Sheila in Ontario originally asked how viable self-teaching was
    since she is not in a position to train formally. I taught myself to
    silver solder in High School before I went on to get my MFA, so I
    feel qualified to offer an answer. You can do it either way but it
    is a lot quicker to learn from someone else, either in a formal
    school, on the job or one-on-one. John Donivan is quite right that
    results are what will ultimately judge you. There are some
    situations where a degree might be needed to get a job, but I never
    see customers asking to see my diploma and when I sell the work of
    other craftsmen in my shop, the training of the creator only comes
    up if I bring it up. I only bring it up because some of them have
    interesting stories. 

    My high school age kids are traing at the bench helping me out after
    school and saturdays, but if they really want to follow this as a
    career I would look to some rigorous formal schooling. 

Stephen Walker

 
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