[Jewelry making - Article 01342] - Re: [Orchid] Comments from adults at shows

[Lisa Bialac-Jehle]

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>     Besides getting this questions from the occasional generic
>     customer, I've also gotten them from a rival designer, showing her
>     work in the same store, AS I was interacting with customers DURING
>     my appearances ( yes, Ms. Clueless "My-Movie-is All-About-Me" did
>     this more than once.) 

    Hmmm...When asked where I have gotten something, stone, grain,
    pearls, how I make my work, etc....Be it customer, designer,
    neighboring booth, or "rival", (who the heck is a "rival" by the
    way...we all make jewelry here, and are all fighting for the same
    dollars, so with that line of thought, perhaps we should all shut up
    and Orchid should shut down? Kiiiidddiing!), I always tell them
    everything. Usually in detail. I give them names and numbers if I
    have them on me. Write it down for them if pen and paper are at
    hand. Marnie Ryan for one, does the same thing, (she has always been
    extremely open and generous), as do many other well established
    jewelers. Just a fundamental belief system. 

    Hey...I could give you all of my sources, sit down and show you
    exactly how I make what I make, and when you are finished, it will
    either look like an imitation of my work, or I will get credit for
    whatever nice thing of "mine" that you are selling. I'll take that
    credit and raise you two paraibas....lol.... When my work is
    published, I try to include the information on who cut my stones,
    and include my sources. Magazines usually react to that as though I
    have lost my mind. I think it is common sense, and my sources love me
    for it. 

    My sole exception is my tusk source. He is very very small, and only
    sells to a handfull of a particular type of artist like myself, that
    he personally knows and selects. He has specifically requested me
    not to pass on his info, as he does not wish to, and is probably
    unable to supply in volume. The well known carver that introduced us
    did not tell me at the time that this guy was a fossil tusk
    prospector. The man approached me as a source some time later after
    seeing some of my work. Apparently he makes enough with his approach. 


    Everything else is open source as far as I am concerned. Ask away.
    Thanks to Orchid and its generous contributors for allowing us to
    all be open source,and encourage the same should we choose. Without
    help and information, none of us would learn, improve, or move
    forward. 

    -Lisa (Brush clearance yesterday. Fire season is here in full force
    in So Cal. Leaving now for a Powwow in Moorpark, but don't plan on
    dancing.) Topanga, CA USA
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