[Jewelry making - Article 00942] - Re: [Orchid] [Interview] Charles Lewton-Brain

[John Donivan]

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>     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." 

    This is farther and farther from CLB, but Karen has touched on one of
    the problems of making any art form and trying to sell it - I'd
    paraphrase and call it "inbreeding". I look at many people's work and
    they are doing "theme and variation" and it largely all looks the
    same. What Karen touches on is actually good advise, and it's also
    one of the best reasons to get out and work in shops and with other
    people - because it widens your horizons and gives you a larger
    repertoire. The wider the variety of styles you can do, the wider
    your audience will be. Maybe your experiment doesn't fly so well, but
    at least you will be reaching farther and growing. Most stores buy
    from a variety of sources for this very reason - so their inventory
    doesn't all look the same. 

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