[Jewelry making - Article 01037] - Re: [Orchid] Ethics of Learning & Teaching

[John Donivan]

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>     I don't intend this to be insulting, they are just a product of
>     their times (and of course this does not apply to everyone). They
>     are very rarely forced to make the components they need to do the
>     job, this is particularly true of goldsmiths in busy shops. They
>     can spend their whole careers just ordering stuff and putting it
>     together, if they can't order it they just say it can't be done! 

    No, Mark, this one's on James.....;} 

    I know a guy who described his store to me as a "Stuller Store". He
    does do special order, but he told me outright that he basically
    orders from Stuller as though it were his own line, and that's his
    business. Quite a good business, I might add. 

    I want to echo the above sentiment as to this, the left side of this
    thread. For myself, it's not a matter of better or worse or right or
    wrong - many people are happy doing whatever it is they do, and I am
    one of them. Good for us. The discussion to me is more one of "how
    high is high, and how far is far" for those who might aspire to grow
    in the field. Are you as a teacher or the teacher you're looking for
    a "James Miller" - a Master Goldsmith which is defined as "one who
    is qualified to train apprentices." Or are they one who took a
    setting class and bead set some cz's in copper and then got a job
    teaching it? As in every field there is preschool, grammar school,
    high school, college - where do you fit in that, how far do you want
    to go, and surely you understand that grammar school is not college?
    Just as James calls himself a Master Goldsmith proudly and
    rightfully, I can say I got my PhD long ago - the reason I say that
    is because, Man it took a LOT of work and years and study...... And
    callouses and sawblades through the finger....It's just interesting
    to hear everybody, as usual... 

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