The saying: "practice makes
perfect" is well accepted. I have an extension: "cease practice
makes imperfect" meaning if you stop practicing you can lose a skill you've
worked really hard to master.
More
than 10 years ago I took an excellent stone setting class. The instructor had
extensive experience in the field and he generously shared his knowledge. I've
practiced for many hours during class and at home and became quite good at
stone setting. At that time, I used many stones for my jewelry. But new jewelry
making techniques made me use less stones for my jewelry. After a while I lost
it!
"Stop practice - forget skill!"
Recently I returned to training, working
with copper and zircons, just like during the course. All this effort is done in hope that
soon I will be able to reuse these techniques for my silver & gold jewelry.
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