[Jewelry making - Article 00097] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing wire, getting burrs

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     oh how I wish these purchasers would commission new goods from
>     current craftsmen, I know of many goldsmiths like myself who would
>     love the opertunity to be commissioned to make items like the
>     Faberge' Easter Egg that sold for eight million pounds. The
>     experts on our media suggested that this type of work could not be
>     matched by todays craftsmen, but I know of at least six goldsmiths
>     who could surpass the quality of the Faberge workshops. Believe me
>     as I have worked on hundreds of Faberge pieces in my career as a
>     London goldsmith and I have seen pieces, made by English
>     goldsmiths, that would make Faberge Eggs look amatuerish by
>     comparison. 

    I, myself, did not realize until I saw your work that this was true.
    The thing to do would seem to be to get a museum or guild interested
    in mounting an exhibit that showed the "modern Faberge" type work,
    possibly together with the actual Faberge, where they could be seen
    and compared side by side. 

    Far easier to have an idea than to see it realized, of course... 

Noel
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