The Master Goldsmith
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2013
- Russ Hollander is an International award winning designer and 37 year veteran of the jewelry industry. Filmmaker and video producer Jimmy ienner, Jr. gives you rare behind the scenes tour of our jewelry gallery. studio workshop and factory in downtown Stamford, CT. Witness the process, skill level and passion that goes into each of Russ' handmade pieces, Original & Always Handmade is what sets Russ Hollander apart from your average jeweler and makes him The Master Goldsmith.
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Thank you Russ for putting into words the all encompassing love of the craft - the best 20 years of my life were spent totally immersed in creating at my bench in just such a way as you described - totally oblivious to time and anything around me - it was a pure and intense focus and used up all my patience........
I've been a jeweler for 41 years, and I love your words. All pieces I make are "hand made"
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YES! I'm a new goldsmith, (been doing it for 18 months) and I absolutely identify with his feelings towards this craft. I'd love to work with this man.
me too !
I would like very much if you were to make more videos very inspiring to say the least. I’d love to sit at the bench with you and learn everything I could
wonderful! thank you for sharing your beautiful craft with us
Well done on the production and content. I completely agree with your philosophy. Well put.
Russ I have been fabricating for 40 years. I feel exactly as you do about our craft.
It sure would be fantastic to see all the antique tools, and you using them.
Everything changes. Nothing ever changes. I wrote my comment a year ago, after having watched the video - but I still just watched it again, not remembering anything from a year ago, and was just about to write the "exact" same comment, as a year ago..
2:31 I'm the same way. Even though I grew up with computers and the internet, and I learned how to make 3d models and design on a computer, eventually I understood I needed to hold things in my hands, to work with actual physical objects.
THANK YOU Anders for such a thought provoking and insightful question!
I can’t speak to Rod’s assertion that “people that call themselves Masters on UA-cam do it to deceive. They give the title to themselves.” That has not been my experience, but I can tell you in my case, I was bestowed the title of Master Goldsmith by my fellow goldsmiths, managers, regional managers and executives at what was at the time one of the oldest, continuously operating Guild jewelers, Black Starr & Frost during my twelve year relationship with their fine organization, while I produced handmade (fabricated) platinum & diamond products for their 19 North American stores and developed a national standard of excellence across 5 time zones on their behalf - a standard of perfection every client could rely upon regardless of which of their locations they would be fortunate to patronize.I imagine we all hold ourselves to differing expectations, but unlike Rod's observation, the Masters craft I have seen in UA-cam channels, I have seen some exemplary craft for which most practitioners should be proud and from which even after 40+ years in this trade I find easily admirable…That being said, my personal definition of Master is one in which a seasoned crafts person has archived consistent flawless technical ability in every jewelry discipline inclusive of metalwork, stone setting, engraving and of course design and has put a unique creative voice to their art, well beyond a technicians proficiency, but has created a fresh and innovative approach and developed artistic content that would not have otherwise existed without their unique contribution to our craft.Perhaps that’s the elusive element to mastery of the written word, musicality or in this discussion, mastering the goldsmith’s art. A master simply in my mind doesn’t perfectly reproduce another’s fine work, such as a concert pianist that replays Mozart’s great works, but in fact pushes the envelope, creates new content and in the process contributes in some meaningful way to the continuation of the growth of their craft for future generations.
It is with this eye to future generations that adds another VERY important component to my personal definition of mastery, and that is both the ability and inclination to mentor and instruct. To take the time out of our already hectic schedules to engage in these thoughtful discussions of our life's work and hopefully inspire another generation to push the craft we love
to a place even us grey haired geezers have failed to imagine…
THANK YOU Anders for such a thought provoking and insightful question!Sincerely, Russ Hollander: Master GoldsmithAnders, PLEASE feel free to share your work with us - I would love to see what you're working on...
I have been a fabricating goldsmith for nearly 40 years......we live in the standard of today. With the abundance of truly poor quality jewelry that in the market today......I feel anyone who can make jewelry that can last generations can be called anything you would like to call them......I it still high quality, hand made jewelry. On the lighter side of the
"Master Jeweler" question, I once asked the same question to a jeweler that called himself that. He responded.....
" I am a Master Jeweler.....I can fix anything I break!!!"
I'm ready!
Russ I’m 60 years old and just starting making jewelry for fun and it’d intoxicating and I can’t stop. I don’t build new age stuff just old school design. I love doing it, and will die with a torch in my hand.
I'm. A gold Smit from south india
Hi Russ, nice video. Back in the day...we would have worked so well together. I’m a professional custom gemstone technician. Our work together would have been superb.
Bit of a double standard turing your nose up at a CAD designed element then turning around to a milling machine that basically makes the ring for you.
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I hope to get into goldsmithing someday with the hopes of making bigger things as I really love things like crowns ect.
Did you end up getting into goldsmithing?
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What is the criteria for getting called a master ? I see a lot of people on UA-cam using the title and was wondering.
Hello Rod, I have responded to Ander's thoughtful question, but am afraid it might be out of sequence to have shared it appropriately with your time line - THANK YOU for your contribution to this important dialog - I hope to hear more from you and see some of your craft as well - I would love to see your work - please be sure to post & let me know where I might see some of your craft. THANKS! Russ
Although I truly appreciate you taking the time to thoughtfully examine the video, I'm sorry ElectricalNoises, I have to disagree with your assertion that an operator controlled lathe or milling machine "basically makes the ring for you" - I'm afraid you couldn't be further from the reality of operating these cutting machines directly in the metal product you're fabricating. A multi axis CNC with tool path (computer driven) would follow a pattern, but that's not at all the case in this direct turning operation. Try to think of these machines as a very powerful hand piece in the hands of a highly skilled operator. I was a wax carving model-maker for many years and was an early adaptor to CAD & I can tell you first hand there's no comparison to the level of accuracy or the quality of result from working directly in metal - NO CASTING will ever approach the level of quality fabrication yields regardless of the skills or experience of the goldsmith preforming the benchwork...
All that long winded response aside EN, I absolutely welcome you observations and would love to continue this discussion if you have the inclination!
Please feel free to contact us - it would be my pleasure to get to know you...
Hello Sir. Thanks for sharing. I can only agree with ElectricalNoises on the fact that you cannot have the double standard of saying that a hand carved wax volume can not become a "hand made" piece of jewelry but then say that using a lathe or milling machine to give the piece of metal a perfect form is actually "hand made". You could have filed the band by hand and maybe the roundness would not had been as accurate as with a machine. There is a 100% contradiction there but we all get that you do it in your own interest for commercial purposes. However I must grant to you 2 things... 1st one is that the milling machine does not make the ring itself, a person with skills needs to be operating it. 2nd, that CAD is not "hand made" nor "craftsmanship" at all. I have been carving waxes by hand for some big names in the industry to create the volumes that otherwise would not had been possible starting from a sheet of metal or some wire... unless you had unlimited access to gold which is not realistic at all. Those process are traditional techniques used and assimilated to goldsmithing and craftsmanship for centuries now, from Boucheron to Van Cleef et Arpels to Chaumet etc... This is not a rant comment, I would not waste time on that, but be careful making the distinction between traditional wax carving/casting and computer designs...
جميل ولكن التصوير لماذا ابيض واسود
The choice of B&W was not mine, but in the hands of the filmmaker. He asserted the in some of these images, the use of B&W was to eliminate what he called "background noise" - that there was just simply too much going on elsewhere in the shot that he was concerned would cause the viewer to loose focus. I'm not sure I agree entirely, but overall I thought he did a wonderful job, and was a pleasure to work with!
جميل جدا وشكرا على الرد اتمنى التوفيق لك عزيزى وللمخرج الجميل
Allah rabbul izzah halal
just a load of waffle no content?............