[Jewelry making - Article 00226] - Re: [Orchid] How faithful are you to your sketches?

[John Donivan]

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>     When doing your own custom work (no customer involvement) do you
>     allow yourself to go off sketch or minds eye image? I wonder how
>     many find it irritating and undisciplined, and how many embrace it
>     as a natural part of the design process. 

    Ben, I'm going to make a statement first for all of us pros or sorta
    pros. I'm about the least egotistical person you'll ever meet. I do
    have my skills and knowlege, and I hope that in talking about that
    it's not taken as an ego thing - it's something I have and own, as do
    many here. When I say that I can do "most anything", first off, I
    don't mean that literally, of course, but it's also a statement of
    confidence and ability. To use the inimitable James Miller as an
    example instead of myself - he has a vast arsenal of "tools" at his
    command. I mean mental tools, techniques, skills. He can set out into
    a complicated piece with the full knowlege and confidence that when
    he gets to those places, he will know just what to do, and do it
    well. That's what a professional is - someone who KNOWS what to do -
    not guessing or poking around. We all have our frontiers, of course -
    nobody can ever know everything. This is a pep talk for some who are
    less confident - yes, there does come a place where it's easy and
    effortless, and you just know how to do the work without thinking.
    That place is a place of artistic freedom, and yes I do just set out
    at times to do "something along those lines", and just solve the
    issues as they present themselves. I (and many others) just have the
    the confidence and experience to be able to do that, and also to look
    4 or 5 steps ahead, so I don't paint myself into a corner. If you've
    ever watched someone sit down at the piano and just play freeform and
    it makes you cry and you think, "Jeez, why can't I play like that?" -
    it's like that - the skillset becomes ingrained, and after that you
    just think about what results are wanted in the end - I rarely think
    about process, I think about the vision, and then do what I need to
    do to get there - another analogy is a horse and rider just flying
    across a beach - not thinking about the riding part, just the
    beautiful day... 

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