[Jewelry making - Article 00036] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[Helen Hill]

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>     Some might call casting a manufacturing process, but then pouring
>     an ingot would also be the same. 

    Casting seems to be a bit of a grey area with regards to whether it
    is a manufacturing or handmade process. I think it depends on whether
    you are carving one wax and casting it once, thereby making a
    one-of-a- kind piece, or if you are carving one wax and making a
    metal master, then creating hundreds of identical waxes and casting
    the trees of these waxes. The former example would probably be
    classed as handmade but the latter is mass production. 

    Also I personally feel that there is a big difference between mass
    production casting and pouring an ingot in order to hand fabricate
    something, but if using the one-of-a-kind (or limited edition very
    small number) type of casting, then that and pouring an ingot to
    hand fabricate are just two different methods of "handmade". 

    I think it comes down to common sense in the end. 

Helen
UK
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