[Jewelry making - Article 00501] - Re: [Orchid] A paradigm shift: print on demand objects to sell

[John Donivan]

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>     By now, I'm used to gross misconceptions being promulgated about
>     CAD/CAM, usually by those who's opinions are matched by their
>     admitted lack of personal experience with the technology. 

    Jesse all of what you say is true, and very well put. I have no
    arguments or disagreements with this entire topic - the rising of
    CAD technology in jewelry is a simple truth. The problem I have is
    with HOW some people are using it. I'll paraphrase your own quote to
    illustrate: 

        "By now, I'm used to gross misconceptions being promulgated
        about jewelry design, usually by those who's opinions are matched
        by their admitted lack of personal experience with it, and the
        use of technology as a substitute for design." 

    You put all this quite well in your postings, and I will say you
    seem to have a good attitude about the whole field. I swear to God,
    if I ever see another monolithic ring with diamond melee encrusting
    every surface I'm going to throw up! Page after page of it in every
    trade magazine. 

    As you say, it's just another tool. I'd go even farther and suggest
    that it's healthier to think of it as a DRAWING tool and not a
    design tool. Design is in the mind, or some might say the heart.....
    So many machinists putting out machinist jewelry... 

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