[Jewelry making - Article 00173] - Re: [Orchid] Bench jeweler's working conditions

[Thejewelmaker]

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    Years ago I hired a master jeweller who told me that when he arrived
    in New York from Argentina as a young man, he was bench tested at a
    Platinum house, hired and given a spacious quiet bench next to a
    large tropical fish tank. The jobs arrived in bags with very big and
    important gems, a sketch and some diamonds. He could work on any job
    that he wanted to and in any order that he choose. Nobody ever asked
    him for a job, he could take as long as he wanted or even leave it
    unfinished and start a new one if he felt like it. Diamonds and
    metal were for the asking. When he felt a piece was finished he would
    turn it in. The years that we worked together were special, he had a
    fantastic sense of beauty, an exceptional hand, and a real short
    temper when pressured. As with many of the great one, he is gone now,
    thank you, Salvador. 

Dennis Smith - thejewelmaker
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