Question for lampwork artists

Once you buy it, you can do whatever you want with it. Except claim the beads as your own work that is.

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Awesome. Thanks so much. I can shed the guilt. LOL

Of course! It's yours to do what you want with. I think as long as you sat that the beads were made by soandso, but that you put the necklace together, so there isn't any confusion.

< Oh my goodness.... now you guys are trying to get me to remeber way to much. lol I want to create a very unique item from several artist who created the beads and now I will have to remember who made the beads and make a listing with all the names of the beads, people, etc.... I need a list maker to keep track of all this stuff. Does anyone want to write a book on how to do this and stay sane? LOL

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Hmmm. On the one hand - when you buy something, it's yours. Forever. No matter what you do with it - it's your choice. On the other hand, people who make jewelry, with their own handmade beads or with others, tend to spend a lot of time and effort on their work (not to mention love). I could never take apart someone else's work, unless it needed repair, or was old and falling apart and needed "refreshing". Definitely not something I just purchased. But I wouldn't hold it against someone who does. It might hurt my feelings, though, if I knew about it, and it was my work. All that aside - when you buy something and it becomes yours, you have the right to do with it what you choose. And I definitely don't speak for anyone else but me. :) Speaking of which - I plan to have a lampwork charm bracelet in a Valentine theme up for sale very soon, and I hope very much that the buyer does not take it apart, because it took me forever to make the thing, and it's still in progress!!

Oh Oh

Now I feel guilty for even thinking about it.

Don't feel guilty - it really depends on the person you buy from. I am sure other lampworkers feel quite differently about it. Maybe you should ask the person you are specifically buying from? Of course, no matter what that person says, you still have the perfect right to do with the beads what you want to do, after you buy them. They are yours. :) I was just thinking about what I would feel like if it were me.

I don't think you should feel guilty about it. When you buy the beads, whether they're in a bracelet or necklace or whatever, they're yours. Could it hurt feelings if the artist found out their completed piece had been cannibalized? Sure! But that doesn't mean that it's not ok to do it! There are a zillion and one things that can hurt an artist's feelings. If you try to avoid them all, you'll never be able to do ANYTHING. LOL!

To my way of thinking, if you paid the price that was being asked, and the beads are what you want, then both you and the artist should be ok with it. No matter what you do with them. Again, this is just my opinion :-)

T>Oh Oh

okay. IF it happens then before I bid, I will ask the artist.

Thanks so much for the input. The last thing I want to do is to offend anyone. Cause I'm in love with these works of art.

Well, I think it's sweet of you to even ask! Most people would just do what they wish. :) ((((((hugs))))))

When I buy a bead I put a tag on it stating the price I paid and who made it..

Tina

Hon, it's impossible never to offend anyone without being neurotic. Don't get into that trap, even for fellow artists.

Tina

LOL....just thinking of all the crappy looking finished pieces I have seen, with a really beautiful bead.....I'm sure that artist was hurt that his/her awesome bead went into something less than awesome ;o)

I would do this, but it would definitely depend on how nice the finished necklace is/was. If it was something that was beautiful, and would have easily sold to someone else that would love it just how it is, I don't think I would buy it to take apart. Just my own personal feeling on it. I wouldn't think badly of anyone else that bought something to take it apart, though.

If you WERE to email the artist, and ask about it, and if she is really in love with the finished necklace she made, she might agree to lower the price on the single bead. Not saying that you should expect her to, though.

Speaking as a fused glass artist, if I were to sell a finished necklace and someone took it apart, I would not take it personally. We all have different tastes and maybe the colors I used were not what they wanted, or they had other beads which would compliment my focal bead better. There are lots of reasons someone would buy something and change it, maybe the necklace was too short or too long. The only thing that would offend me is if the buyer took credit for my work. Patti

I would never take credit for something I didn't do. So no one has to feel that if and when I bid that I would. I think what I will do is doublecheck to make sure that they are loose beads, then print out the info so I know who I bought them from.

I really appreciate the feedback.

Yeh, you'll get the Homer Simpson look from them.. HUH????

Mavis

I have bid on items that people listed. I always figured that if I liked it, I had a piece of jewelry. If I didn't, I had the beads. And the couple of pieces that I have won this way, it turned out that I didn't like the pieces, but the beads won in it almost worked out cheaper than buying the beads individually.

Mary

If it was my work, I'd say more power to you! I often take my own work apart after wearing it for a while, and make something different with the components.

-Kalera

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