Well, I try not to look at it as being diminished, but as being different
from what I personally do with the things I make. If someone gave one of my
creations to a child because it was the wrong color....hmmmmm, I am not
sure. I would either be happy for the child, or I might feel the need to
explain the kind of work that goes into the piece. I've never had that
happen, so I am not sure how I would feel.
I have seen some of my beads made into things that I didn't feel were quite
right, but that's a subjective thing. I try to tell myself that this
person's vision of beauty is just different from my own, and not necessarily
wrong. It's hard, though - a couple of times I just cringed. No one here,
though!!

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Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net


Actually I've always wonder how an artist feels when the finished piece
diminished the element she or he created. Or when you make a great piece
and the giftee gives it to a kid because it's the wrong color or whatever.
(Something they would not do with a piece of jewelry from a store).

Tina


How does it make you feel, as a person, an artist, or pusher of Paua
shells,
to see your contribution to the bead word used in a lovely finished
piece?
Diana

--
Queen of FAQs
Royal Peace Maker
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44