[Jewelry making - Article 00824] - [Orchid] Ever turn down ugly work?

[Rick]

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    I repaired a Fred Harvey era bracelet for a good customer. For those
    who don't know about Fred Harvey he made a name for himself by having
    native American craftsman make silver and turquoise (and other
    stones) jewelry. He had stamped parts and silver that he would supply
    as well as the stones and sold them out of a catalog and at his
    tourist gift or curios stores. During my last visit to Grand Canyon
    his company still had the concession some 12 years ago. 

    Anyway, enough of the history lesson. So this Fred Harvey era
    bracelet had broken. This is common with this design because the
    bracelet was stamped out of 16ga ss sheet. But this bracelet was
    extraordinarily ugly. If was in the shape of an artist's (painter)
    palette. It had various types of different colored 8mm round cabs set
    around it representing the paints and one ugly quartz cab set in the
    center. I tell you it was so ugly I kept it hidden and only got it
    out to work on it and deliver it to the customer. 

    Well guess what. Some lady saw the bracelet and wants one just like
    it. My friend committed to deliver. Now I should be working on it
    instead of goofing on the computer but it's hard to get motivated to
    make something butt ugly. What a waste of silver and time. 

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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