[Jewelry making - Article 00072] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[daniel spirer]

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>     But who doesn't consider a piece that is cast, hand finished, with
>     set stones as handmade regardless if the original was wrought by
>     CAD or hand carved wax? 

    Actually Rick, I don't. I consider it hand crafted not hand made and
    I think the FTC does too. The problem with casting, whether the
    original is made by hand or computer generated is that the potential
    for duplication in a machine like process is always there. Actually
    with a computer generated design it is more likely that it will be
    duplicated as the ease with which the machine can crank out
    multiples is quite astounding. It is far harder to recarve a wax by
    hand from scratch, and in fact you might be able to get away with a
    handcarved one of a kind piece being called hand made, but once a
    design is in the computer you can generate as many of the pieces as
    you want without ever having to do another thing but push a couple of
    buttons. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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