[TheForge] Craft work (was Disgusting Ironwork)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Tull" <dantull at numail.org>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Craft work (was Disgusting Ironwork)


> And what is abana doing to educate ( the public, architects, code
enforcers,
> builders,etc.)?
>
> Looks like someone would step up to help those (aforementioned) understand
> what good
> iron work (mild steel) is.
> It has been said, " a fulltime blacksmiths biggest problem is educating
the
> customer as to what we can do"
>
>
> dan tull
> georgia

When people are ready to be educated they will find ABANA or someone to
learn what good ironwork is. Those are also the customers who are ready and
willing to pay for it. Personally I don't see what the big deal is about
this coat rack on ebay...it's  a $16.95 coat rack... that might be exactly
what someone happens to be shopping for.  I know for a fact I couldn't make
a similiar rack for that price.  Another person might happen to be looking
for a similiar rack which costs several hundred dollars...then they would
keep looking until they found you or I to make it for them. Hey, everyone is
entitled to make or buy whatever they choose...I don't see where there is a
hard and fast definition of "hand wrought" or "master craftsman"... it's all
up to the customer to decide what they want to spend, what type and the
amount of the work they want done... and like I said, you can't educate
people until they are ready and willing to be educated.

T. Clark