[Jewelry making - Article 00135] - Re: [Orchid] Jewelry design - what & where to learn

[Cairenn]

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    I'm going to chime in on the 'design' question. Taking classes is
    only one way to learn design. One can also learn design form looking
    at the work of others, especially the work done in the past. I love
    history and I'm in a historical recreation group. I collect and
    borrow books that deal with Rome, other ancient civilizations, the
    Middle Ages and the Renisance. These may on jewelry, armor,
    illumination or any of many other themes (one of my finds-was a book
    on the Roman calavry). I read them, study the artifacts pictured,
    research how they made their work, ect. I often get comments that
    some of my work has a Victorian 'feel' to them. This bothered me,
    for awhile, because that is one period that I don't study. Then it
    dawned on me! My work resemble their work, because I was looking at
    the same sources that influenced them.! Now, it seems that my work
    has an Art Noveau feel. That was were the Victorians went, with those
    same influences. I didn't take college classes in art, I took classes
    in math and science. What I learned there, also influences my work.
    My clay work has very definate connections to geology. Each of us are
    the sum of our lives, what we learn from classes, from our own
    research, and from the interactions with other artists. There is no
    right or wrong way. Some folks will learn from others quicker, but
    they may not be as adventurous in what they do. I remember being
    told, that you had to have an annealing kiln to raise brass. I knew
    that I could raise it some, just by heating it on my kitchen stove,
    so I made a couple of simple salt cellers. I, personally prefer to
    learn on my own, I think that it keeps my work fresher and
    different. You know that you are doing something right when someone,
    comes up and tells you that they had looked at all the booths, at a
    show, and they hadn't ween anything that they wanted, until they saw
    your work. And now they want that piece and that one and that one and
    the one over there! This happened yesterday. 

Cairenn, the Howling Artist
www.howlingartist.com
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