[Jewelry making - Article 00067] - Re: [Orchid] Designer Spying

[leonid surpin]

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Just want to share my recent experience.

    I had been working on a pin design. A customer of mine has 37 ct.
    hart shaped topaz. The gem has a problem. It was cut too shallow.
    There is a huge window right in the center. After some
    brainstorming, I decided to encircle topaz with diamond set ribbons
    crossing in the center and terminating with the bow, thereby hiding
    the window. 

    Few days ago my wife went shopping. She stopped at the David Yurman
    store to browse, and she saw the pin which very closely resemble my
    design. When she told me, I decided to kill the design. The last
    thing I want is to look like David Yurman. 

    What is the moral of this story ? It is practically impossible to be
    completely original. Most designs are due to necessity of dealing
    with flaws which needs to be concealed, or the particular traits
    which we want to emphasize, and the train of thought proceeds along
    the same path. We have to be careful accusing others of copying
    "our" designs because chances are even when we create something
    original, it probably was done before by someone else. 

Leonid Surpin.
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