[Jewelry making - Article 01131] - Re: [Orchid] Earrings - How heavy is too heavy?

[leonid Surpin]

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>     When you design earrings with a preoccupation for weight you
>     restrict your ability to reach the high emotion that a jewel can
>     generate on the ear of a beautiful woman. 

    This is a very strange statement. Weight restriction is an absolute
    must in the earring design. In this thread the discussion of the
    maximum weight should not be taken as a license to create overly heavy
    earrings. When we talk of heavy earrings it is only excepted if large
    stones are involved, but that is a very rare situation. On average,
    even with elaborate designs weight should not exceed 7 maybe 10 gram.
    Wearing comfort should never be compromised. 

    Another point is that to associate quality of design, artistry, and
    evocativeness of the jewel with the weight ! What a strange logic ! 

Leonid Surpin

 
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