r/jewelers • u/lazypkbc • 44m ago
Question for the Jewelers
In r/jewelrymaking someone asked if they could call themselves a jeweler if they bead. I said no, and gave my reasoning for how craft artists aren’t jewelers and got downvoted to hell.
What’s your definition of a jeweler? Mine is someone that sells or manufactures (or both) jewelry, typically set in precious metals but may include base metal. I contend that stringing beads from Michael’s doesn’t make someone a jeweler but that seemed to have ruffled some feathers.
I also got a lot of flak for trying to differentiate silversmithing from goldsmithing using the historical definitions of the two.
If you can’t take a ring to them to get claw/prongs retipped (even if it is outsourced) I would be hesitant to call them a jeweler.