[Jewelry making - Article 00407] - Re: [Orchid] A paradigm shift: print on demand objects to sell

[John Donivan]

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>     There are in fact many examples of fine jewelry and art that could
>     not be created otherwise. Example www.bathsheba.com Like it or not
>     production printing of jewelry is exploding now 

    I agree, Steve. I just think it's at the expense of the artistic
    quality of jewelry, and all I'm really trying to get at is, "Don't
    forget your hands." Bathsheba is nice work, I've seen it in person.
    1/2 of the styles are what used to be called "Turner's Cubes" - your
    basic apprentice exercise in the machine shop. And all of it is
    easily made by hand, if desired. In fact, CNC can't make ANYTHING
    that can't be made by hand - it just excels at precision, and it's
    often faster. Understand that I don't have CNC, but I want it - I'm
    not anti. There is a whole group of CNCer's who think that everything
    can be done by machine, and that jewelry = waxwork, though, and
    nothing could be further from the truth. I can bend 6 wires and
    solder them into an elegant shape before one can boot their computer,
    and have it sold before the wax burns out......It's good for what
    it's good for, no more. 

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