_Handmade Jewellery - How Can One Tell?
__Handmade Jewellery - The nomenclature ’handcrafted jewellery and handmade jewellery’ are nomenclature which are typically reserved for a type of jewellery which is made by an artisan craftsman who is designing, making and usually marketing their own jewellery business. This is a different type of business to the large 'commercial' worries and whilst their jewellery is usually not machine made and might well be handcrafted, it is not usually such a personal service in the way that an artisan's business can be.
Handmade Jewellery - So the term handmade or handcrafted has come to mean, usually, items made by those artisan jewellers who are running small businesses and are making their own jewellery.
How can you simply and swiftly tell the difference on websites between a smaller handmade jewellery business and a larger commercialized businesses? The following differences are only a general guide, and there are always outliers to the guidelines, but they will give you some idea. Of course always check directly with the online retailer if you are not sure.
Begin with Google search for a type of jewellery, for example 'handmade coral jewellery' or ‘gemstone jewellery’ and see what comes up. Always take a quick look at all the sites on the firstmost two pages of search results to see the differences between them - most people do not and they often miss designs they really would like and it only takes a few minutes to find spmething you would adore.
After having looked at a few sites you will spot some differences. Photographs of the jewellery often look very different between the [larger|bigger|commercial] sites and artisan sites - more established websites can usually afford to buy a photographer and studio using artificial lighting and often jewellery is photographed on a white background. On an artisan site however, quite often, they take great pains to produce images shot in a natural environment using natural daylight. Always use the expanded view feature to see if you can see the jewellery perfectly.
Decide whether you like to navigate easily and quickly around websites or whether you prefer a website with lots of features. The commercial site will often concentrate a lot on advertising, the packaging, delivery and other options. An artisan website will more often concentrate more on the personal attention, the customization and the bespoke work available.
Larger sites are more geared up to selling mass produced jewellery and they tend to lean towards conservatism in terms of design. Occasionally the custom jeweller will produce many designs. Custom jewellery makers are completely unable to produce products on a mass scale hence your jewellery will be more rare and unique. You may want it longer or shorter, made with gold and not with a sterling silver option, you may well have the choice to have things just as you want as artisans hand-make with care as it is their passion in life.
As for costing, custom jewellery designers usually have fewer overheads and rarely have huge amounts of capital tied up as stock. This is then often further implicated in the fact that artisan jewellery is usually cheaper, or is better value.
Handmade Jewellery - So the term handmade or handcrafted has come to mean, usually, items made by those artisan jewellers who are running small businesses and are making their own jewellery.
How can you simply and swiftly tell the difference on websites between a smaller handmade jewellery business and a larger commercialized businesses? The following differences are only a general guide, and there are always outliers to the guidelines, but they will give you some idea. Of course always check directly with the online retailer if you are not sure.
Begin with Google search for a type of jewellery, for example 'handmade coral jewellery' or ‘gemstone jewellery’ and see what comes up. Always take a quick look at all the sites on the firstmost two pages of search results to see the differences between them - most people do not and they often miss designs they really would like and it only takes a few minutes to find spmething you would adore.
After having looked at a few sites you will spot some differences. Photographs of the jewellery often look very different between the [larger|bigger|commercial] sites and artisan sites - more established websites can usually afford to buy a photographer and studio using artificial lighting and often jewellery is photographed on a white background. On an artisan site however, quite often, they take great pains to produce images shot in a natural environment using natural daylight. Always use the expanded view feature to see if you can see the jewellery perfectly.
Decide whether you like to navigate easily and quickly around websites or whether you prefer a website with lots of features. The commercial site will often concentrate a lot on advertising, the packaging, delivery and other options. An artisan website will more often concentrate more on the personal attention, the customization and the bespoke work available.
Larger sites are more geared up to selling mass produced jewellery and they tend to lean towards conservatism in terms of design. Occasionally the custom jeweller will produce many designs. Custom jewellery makers are completely unable to produce products on a mass scale hence your jewellery will be more rare and unique. You may want it longer or shorter, made with gold and not with a sterling silver option, you may well have the choice to have things just as you want as artisans hand-make with care as it is their passion in life.
As for costing, custom jewellery designers usually have fewer overheads and rarely have huge amounts of capital tied up as stock. This is then often further implicated in the fact that artisan jewellery is usually cheaper, or is better value.