tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post8667677356921999465..comments2024-01-17T21:17:38.340+11:00Comments on Lino Forest - Mixing Craft and Colour.: Inspiration vs CopyingBetty Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14297242428242795935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-3495576041111709032011-02-20T19:26:12.603+11:002011-02-20T19:26:12.603+11:00oh wow, you have quite a unique style ...and that ...oh wow, you have quite a unique style ...and that brooch just looks too similar to seem like a coincidence! If it is indeed copied, shame on them to profit off someone else's creativity :(neverthelesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997337879087402994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-62576061426694545952011-02-20T18:23:57.229+11:002011-02-20T18:23:57.229+11:00I agree with your examples. It's such a blur t...I agree with your examples. It's such a blur these days - go to 'made it' and look at 'crayon rolls' or 'shirred dress' for example. So many sellers sell the same items just with different fabrics or fasteners. With these items perhaps they're so common now that they aren't copy-cat versions. However with pieces such as yours that really are original a copy cat version stands out like a sore thumb. I saw something on madeit recently that not only was a blatant copy of a craft schmaft mobile, they'd even put a note in saying 'inspired by craft schmaft'. How cheeky can one get!!Renaehttp://theredwren.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-445562875301595402011-02-19T19:33:11.129+11:002011-02-19T19:33:11.129+11:00I wouldnt worry too much there is a lot of differe...I wouldnt worry too much there is a lot of difference between the work of an artisan and the work of a copyist. Your work is unique because you have developed process to interpret your designs over a long period of time. It is obvious the bottom fox is a copy the materials can never be replicated and it is a poor copy of your design. They will never commit to that design as you have done and it will always show.objects of whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789303258794066458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306487574755984906.post-64499999778537203652011-02-19T17:35:59.070+11:002011-02-19T17:35:59.070+11:00Having confronted two teens in my shop just yester...Having confronted two teens in my shop just yesterday and having to ask them to stop openly & loudly discussing their intent to go home & copy some original pieces by two of our unique designers, this is most timely. I have had to ask people to stop taking photos of one off items in my shop several times in the last few months too. The reactions I have had have inferred that is I being rude. I don't feel comfortable being in these situations but they are not of my making. And I do it as politely as humanly possible - offending potential Customers helps noone. This world is seemingly becoming more unscrupulous isn't it. Thanks for posting this & I'm sorry someone tried to copy your brooch. Yours is immensely nicer as it was made by it's designer. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com