[Jewelry making - Article 00162] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Richard Hart]

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>     I am regarded as a highquality craftsman by my peers. But I am
>     not regarded as qualified to teach. 

    I believe this might be because teaching requires a certain skill
    that being a craftsman does not. 

    I assume that if you go through the process of getting a degree, you
    might understand the form teaching requires. When people are going for
    a degree, I assume they feel like there is a certain amount of jumping
    through hoops to get a degree. I think some of the requirements to
    get a degree do not make any sense. If you did not go through the
    hoop jumping, you might not be a member of the club. There is nothing
    stopping you from teaching, there are many metalsmiths that teach
    without credentals, you can have your own school or do workshops. 

    I have a friend who studied goldmithing in Germany, and he could not
    teach classes at a university, but does get hired to do
    demonstrations and hands on classes at college metal programs and all
    over the world. He taught Inuit in Canada in a remote village, and he
    has taught in New Zealand. Are you familiar with SNAG, there are
    metalsmiths that do presentation of their work at the conferences,
    and they get to make connection with people who want to study with
    them, or artists can make connection with people who want them for
    demonstrations or workshops. Demonstration is where you do something,
    workshop is were you show and students do. 

Richard Hart

 
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