[Jewelry making - Article 00060] - Re: [Orchid] How often do you "start over"

[richard hart]

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    At the point I realize the outcome is not going to be exactly what I
    want, I start over. It is just part of the the process. 

    Doing custom work, fabrication, repair requires that I approach the
    solution, but not be attached to which process will provide the
    desired results. I might start making a wax, and then realize I can
    fabricate and get better results, or vice versa. Sometimes I figure
    out a solution to a design or technical problem after many starts,
    then years later, presented with a similar problem, I go through all
    the steps I did the last time, knowing I have done this before, but
    not being able to remember what the solution was, and I just have to
    accept that I have to keep trying different approaches until I come
    across the appropriate method, again. I take this into consideration
    when I estimate and give an estimate with a range to take this into
    consideration for the labor. 

    The deja vu nightmare hell of repetition has motivated me to take the
    worst case scenario into consideration. Sometimes it is trial and
    error. Enough error over time resulting in low or no pay for labor
    made me think differently. 

    If I cast a ring, I cannot charge the customer for recasting the
    ring. But I can take into consideration more labor for the time it
    takes to figure out the solution. Sometimes a customer went somewhere
    else, and the other jeweler/jewelers cannot do the job. It takes some
    work and problem solving to achieve a result, and I get paid well for
    my effort. 

    There are always situations that require me to have humility. As
    skilled and as smart as I think I am... 

Richard Hart
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