[Jewelry making - Article 00926] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry design - what & where to learn

[Kim Paluch]

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    Hi Neil-the-Jeweler! You sound a lot like my husband. Lovely,
    wonderful man, great artist and designer...smart enough to know that
    a little chaos is good for the soul and that I don't highjump (with
    the bar and don't forget the pole for support), I jump for distance.
    No bar, but we keep improving anyway. :) 

    Yeah, I recognize that look on your face. He gets it too. I think I
    drive him nuts. But he enjoys watching me work and has told me how
    amazed he is when I sit at the bench, completely engrossed in the art
    of creating, just where the direction takes me. Do I have a few
    pieces I'd hide from the garbage man? Yeah...but not many. He, on the
    other hand, has a way of creating in his head and on paper, with
    rulers and lines and math that completely baffles me. So...with the
    two of us together, we decided to learn from one another. I've
    started journaling some of my ideas...minimalist sketches, one might
    say, but I've started. And my head is full of the possibilities that
    the metal creates. I've seen some amazing work...this list is
    populated with a great variety of artists and artistic styles, and
    many centuries of experience added together. 

    I'll tell you I have a horrible memory. That's not the truth. My
    head is filled with images and sketches and sculptures, jewelry and
    gemstones, designs and space. I am not a good enough artist to draw
    these things, but the metal shows me how to create it regardless.
    With all that going on, of course I forget. But I'm starting to find
    it's worth the trade-off. 

    And like you, my husband knows the parameters, the constraints...the
    numbers and angles and shades of answers. He knows what lines he
    wants before he picks up the metal. I envy that, sometimes. 

Kim
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