[Jewelry making - Article 00912] - Re: [Orchid] [Interview] Charles Lewton-Brain

[Karen Goeller]

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>     I guess the above & previous posts along the same lines just goes
>     to show you that as artists we don't know what the public wants 

    I think that's not quite it, actually. As artists, I think we
    sometimes limit ourselves by the baggage we bring to our own work. In
    other words, we see that a piece doesn't quite match the picture we
    had of it in our mind's eye as we were creating it, and therefore
    reject it. Or it doesn't match our own taste or "ideal" in some way,
    so therefore we invalidate it as being "a piece of dung." 

    That same piece, however, speaks to another viewer in a different
    way and matches their ideal. We just have blinded ourselves from
    seeing it because we're overlaying our own "ideal" version of the
    piece on what we've created. 

    This isn't true in all cases, of course, but I've seen it over and
    over again not only with myself, but with fellow jewelry artists that
    I work with. 

    I've learned that even if I don't personally "like" a piece, as long
    as it is up to my standards in craftsmanship I'll put it out at a
    show - and someone will likely fall in love with it and buy it. If no
    one has in an acceptable timeframe, I'll pull it back in and, per
    Geller's excellent advice, either scrap it or redesign it. No sense
    having dawgs hang around forever. However, that rarely seems to
    happen. 

Karen Goeller
No Limitations Designs
Hand-made, one-of-a-kind jewelry
www.nolimitations.com
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