[Jewelry making - Article 00061] - Re: [Orchid] Designer Spying

[Pamela Harari]

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Dear All,

    It seems there are many people who claim my work is not original,
    some of you maybe right, I have been influenced by the Roman and
    Byzantine periods, and my work is indeed a reflection of this and I
    have only been a jeweler for 30 years, so make your calculation! 

    However my post was not about my work and I did not ask for opinions
    on my originality, it was about sharing an experience that I feel was
    an intrusion of privacy, and wanted to hear from others what they
    thought. I am surprised how [] some of you are and how ready you are
    to criticize someone else's work publicly by not being "original" and
    me being "paranoid" 

    The whole issue here was professional ethics, but some of the
    responses I have had are under the belt and I don't think this was
    the aim of the Orchid forum to publicly dissect a fellow colleague
    offline or on, especially as I wasn't asking for an evaluation of my
    work or my mental state. 

    Maybe I am not as original as some of you lucky ones on this forum,
    who were born before anyone could influence them, but up to date I
    have a clientele that would make any designer proud, and I am for
    what I have achieved even though I live in the Middle East. 

    The "Lady" in question has an international high flying business, I
    am sure she traveled the world and by chance ended up in my village
    trying on my jewels because she was in the area, or because I was a
    threat to her business even though I don't export.....come on. 

    I hesitated to make my post for the fear of "opening a can of worms"
    How right I was! 

    On this note I would like to thank some very nice people for
    contacting me off line, and I would like for those who have a hard
    time being nice, personal coaching can do wonders! 

Pamela
Pamela Harari - Jewelry Design
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