[Jewelry making - Article 00832] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry design - what & where to learn

[Kim Paluch]

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    This is a very interesting thread! I have taken one design class. I'm
    not sure I got anything out of it. I was told by the instructor I
    have an awful eye for design and placement, am incapable of learning
    such, etc. My photography instructor told me quite the opposite,
    fawning over my photos and disliking most others. Took the
    photography class first, btw. 

    I suspect that some people have innate senses about design, others
    not. And then there is an eye for what appeals. Thinking on it, I'd
    have to say I did learn some things about design...why certain shapes
    work toward certain things, how to arrange pieces so that people's
    eyes don't drift away, but into the design. 

    Like you, Kenton, I sometimes just play with something until it
    'comes alive', then I know it's done. :) 

    At other times I've drawn a design out, blocked it out even, hated
    it, took a break, more work...eventually I find what I'm looking for.
    Usually when running errands, if you can believe it. A woman queued
    up at the check-out had a hideous (to my eyes) bracelet on and she
    kept straightening her collar. And there, in the fabric near her
    collar, was an odd shape that completed an abstracted image I was
    struggling with. 

    For me, inspiration and design work together, and without one, I
    lose the other. 

Just my thoughts...
Kim
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