Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship is near and dear to my heart. I love to make things with my hands I find that I most at peace when I am doing manual craft work – for that matter any type of manual work is very satisfying. What greater pleasure is there to wear a piece of your jewelry that has been made to the best of your ability – no shortcuts or regrets. (Truthfully, I feel the same way when my kitchen is perfectly clean.) It seems the slow, thoughtful work that fine craft requires is generally unappreciated by the public and unfortunately by the craft community as well. We are all affected by the need to produce, especially when selling online – your patrons ch

John Unger / please pass along
My friend Janice Fowler aka doxello sent this story to me this morning about John Unger and his fight to maintain his copyright.    Please see the story below by following the link  http://www.johntunger.com/legal-defense-fund.html  

Inspiration, copying or similar ideas?
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton When does inspiration turn to outright copying? I’m sure everyone takes inspiration from others ‘…I like how that bail is attached..’ ‘…that way of stone setting would be great with my…’  Classes, workshops, online tutorials, YouTube, magazine projects, books we all see the same projects and as beginners we might try to make the exact project…taking that aside when do you say the line between inspiration and actually copying has been crossed? I believe diff

Thursday
Crossword puzzle – 0    karen – 4!   yea, that’s right crossword puzzle beat you all four days this week… Breakfast at the beach w/ son & husband, finished the puzzle, off to make some earrings in the studio.  I’ve fallen quite hard for a new design and I neeeeedddd to make a few more pair. It’s my beloved grandmother’s birthday today – she passed some years ago – not a day goes by I don’t think of her.  A few years ago, I rec’d a catalog from some company that I had actually requested.  I rec’d the catalog addressed to me, a week or so later (on or about 10/15),  I rec’d t

Tuesday
Lunch at the beach, designed and made a rock’in pair of earrings and finished the crossword puzzle – not a bad day. …if I could just figure out where the links are that I keep adding to this blog….?????