[Jewelry making - Article 00217] - Re: [Orchid] FTC guidelines

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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>     Can you point out where in the FTC guidelines where "handcrafted"
>     is defined? I always assumed that handcrafted is another word for
>     handmade. 

    I haven't read the FTC guidelines recently but I think Bruce and I
    have taken some of the same appraisal courses and that in those it is
    mentioned that for a piece that does not meet the FTC guidelines for
    "handmade" but has some handwork in it the term "handcrafted" can be
    used. When writing my appraisals this is a distinction I always make.
    In a piece of my own (this is for insurance valuations) if some part
    of it is cast (many of my pieces are a combination of casting and
    construction) I will apply the term "handcrafted". If it is
    completely hand built then it gets the term "handmade". 

    And this brings up a point a few of us have been making. What is so
    denigrating about calling a piece "handcrafted"? As long as you tell
    the customer what is being done to make their piece who cares
    ultimately what it's called? For that matter as long as the piece is
    well made and beautiful who cares what processes were used to make
    it? 

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