http://www.nicolettetallmadge.com/the-artists-life/why-artists-hate-buysellupdate-2/ musings about jewelry design, art, craft, and life as a semi-starving artist. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.nicolettetallmadge.com/the-artists-life/why-artists-hate-buysellupdate-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Laura Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:07:04 +0000 http://www.mixedmediadesigns.com/diary/?p=96#comment-36 I wish I could print up that whole article/essay & post it at my shows, and make people read it! I have had peopel ask me where I bought something (that I made) and look at me incredulously when I say I made it - buy-sell has infiltrated our lives, and it is sad. I am a part-time artist, full time student & counselor, and making jewelry, mosaics, and sewing is relaxing and occasionally profitable, but I do get aggravated with the people who say "My Aunt Mimi makes this, and it's...." then maybe you should ask Aunt Mimi to make it & quit standing in front of my display blocking my customers! I also get upset when I see other jewelr's come over, examine my stuff, and ask very pointed questions about how I made a particular bead, or where I got the idea for my display - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is hard to be flattered when elements of my booth & pieces turn up a few spots down from me at a show, at a much lower price! I know that I do not hold the intellectual copyright for my designs, and I often see something that inspires me to make my own piece, but please do not make a carbon copy of something that I made! I wish I could print up that whole article/essay & post it at my shows, and make people read it! I have had peopel ask me where I bought something (that I made) and look at me incredulously when I say I made it - buy-sell has infiltrated our lives, and it is sad.
I am a part-time artist, full time student & counselor, and making jewelry, mosaics, and sewing is relaxing and occasionally profitable, but I do get aggravated with the people who say “My Aunt Mimi makes this, and it’s….” then maybe you should ask Aunt Mimi to make it & quit standing in front of my display blocking my customers! I also get upset when I see other jewelr’s come over, examine my stuff, and ask very pointed questions about how I made a particular bead, or where I got the idea for my display - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is hard to be flattered when elements of my booth & pieces turn up a few spots down from me at a show, at a much lower price! I know that I do not hold the intellectual copyright for my designs, and I often see something that inspires me to make my own piece, but please do not make a carbon copy of something that I made!

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