[Jewelry making - Article 00040] - Re: [Orchid] Ethics of Learning & Teaching

[Lisa Van Herik]

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    Jamie, I honestly don't know where the "commercial usage" disclaimer
    originates from but as someone noted, a lot of manufacturers, like
    the shed manufacturer, use it as well to discourage folks from making
    their own businesses from other's products. 

    I certainly intend readers and students to use techniques presented
    and in fact, I make several finished jewelry pieces for the workshops
    I teach. I do this because I understand that it takes awhile, once
    you learn a new technique, to assimilate it into your own work and
    more or less find your way with it. The pieces are there for
    inspiration and direct copy if desired for learning purposes. Maybe
    it's just me, but I don't really consider those workshop jewelry
    pieces "my own work". There's a clear distinction in my own head. 

    Now, if one of the students chooses to completely copy those pieces
    and start their own business from it, my first thought is that I
    failed to get that student to find their own style with the
    technique. My second thought is usually, gee, couldn't they find
    something more creative/original to do if they wanted to start their
    own business? Personally, I'd be embarased to do that......not to
    mention that I would have entirely missed the essence of artistic
    learning............the challenge of making something my own.
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