[Jewelry making - Article 00271] - Re: [Orchid] How faithful are you to your sketches?

[Lisa Gallagher]

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>     I wonder how many find it irritating and undisciplined, and how
>     many embrace it as a natural part of the design process. 

    This is a very interesting question, I think. It will be interesting
    to see the variety of answers here. As I've considered how to reply
    to this query, I started to answer one way & then realized that
    wasn't quite right, then thought about it a little more in depth. I
    suppose I usually just do it, I haven't tried to analyze it before.
    An interesting way to start the day, to evaluate my whole creative
    process! :-) 

    When I sketch a design, particularly just for my own use (not custom
    work), it's usually pretty basic, so I suppose I consider it sort of
    suggestion to myself, an idea, and then when I start working on the
    actual piece, I might have other ideas & then, yes, I will stray from
    the original sketch idea. It might also be that I had some wild idea
    about what I wanted to create, but then in practice, I realize that I
    don't like it as well as I thought, so I'll wander in another
    direction. I may do it again some other time, and then either stick
    more to the original idea, or again wander in yet some other
    direction. So, I guess I see it as your second thought, "a natural
    part of the design process". Sometimes, of course, sticking to a
    "problem", as in a project for art class, is a challenge, and is
    interesting. I suppose that's just not how I work most of the time.
    Maybe I save that work more for the custom pieces. Usually, though,
    each piece is its own unique creation, developed through play with
    the materials, based on an original IDEA, not a requirement. 

Lisa
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