[Jewelry making - Article 00660] - Re: [Orchid] Wearing your jewelry creations

[Helen Hill]

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    To Steve, Sandra, Bobbie, Beth, Susan and Daniel, 

    Thanks for replying and I'm glad that you like to wear your own
    creations. I don't see it as essential but I do see it as a positive
    thing and in my case, I enjoy wearing my jewellery. Somehow it means
    more than the jewellery I used to wear that my husband or myself
    used to pick from a shop and it also amazes me as a member of the
    buying public, just how bad the quality and workmanship was on pieces
    I was happy to buy! It certainly makes me strive for better quality
    in what I produce. As for wearing it, I don't drape myself in it and
    sometimes I will only wear one piece like a ring, but unless I'm
    working (when the only piece of jewellery I wear is my wedding
    ring), I usually wear a piece or a set to compliment what I'm
    wearing. 

    To John, K. David, 

    As I say, I don't see wearing your own jewellery a prerequisite,
    especially for men, who often don't like to wear jewellery. Many men
    won't even wear a wedding ring. If you're not the jewellery wearing
    type, I can see that draping oneself in precious metals and stones
    would be rather out of character and I can appreciate that
    blacksmiths don't go around carrying one of their swords, but as
    we're in the business of personal adornment, wearing one's wares -
    even in a more subtle way seems a reasonable thing to do. I think
    even if a man doesn't wear jewellery as a rule, there are ways such
    as cufflinks, tie tacks, money clips, etc where the odd piece can be
    worn but I'm not saying you should. There's plenty of room in this
    world for both jewellers who wear their own jewellery and those who
    enjoy making it and seeing their wares bought for women to wear and
    enjoy. I was curious to hear others' views on the subject. 

    Incidentally, my dad has never worn jewellery. He is from the
    generation of men who never even wore wedding rings and when
    jewellers pretty much only sold wedding rings for women. However, I
    made him a sterling key ring for Christmas and then in January I made
    him some sterling cufflinks for his birthday and he phoned me up all
    excited and when I asked him if they fit his shirt okay, he said that
    he would be taking a pair of scissors to his shirt if they didn't
    (they weren't made with findings, but were of the sort with two
    "buttons" joined by a very short chain, with two different designs to
    make them reversible), as he was looking forward to wearing them to
    church the next day. Mum calls him the king of bling now - he's 75.
    It may just be fatherly pride of course. He's still in awe of how one
    can actually make jewellery! I'm not sure how he thought things in
    jewellers' windows came to be! And he can't quite get his head round
    the fact that it's possible to buy bullion and precious stones -
    bless! ;-) 

Helen
UK
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