[Jewelry making - Article 00555] - Re: [Orchid] Trade success stories

[Daniel R. Spirer <daniel AT spirerjewelers.com>]

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Elaine,

>     I was thinking of people I know in real life. 

    This statement I find quite funny. I mean aren't we in real life
    here??? Orchid isn't an online game with avatars. Last time I looked
    we were all real!! (I know, I know you're talking about people you've
    actually met face to face, but then thanks to the web I have a number
    of friends---some very close now---who I've never met face to face.)
    But your second statement: 

>     And I should have specified that I meant people making a living
>     selling artisan jewelry. Excluding those in the jewelry industry. 

    I'm confused by. Everyone who makes and sells jewelry is part of the
    jewelry industry (whether they like it or not). Doesn't matter what
    kind of jewelry they make, they're all a part of it if that's their
    profession. But it's also unsettling that you seem to believe you
    can't be part of both worlds. Quite a few Orchidites are in both
    worlds. Would you call James Binnion an artisan jeweler or part of
    the industry? Certainly he's an artisan. And certainly he gets
    written up in all of the "industry" magazines. Isn't he both part of
    the industry and an artisan (so am I for that matter but it's more
    objective to use someone else)? 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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