Mon 11 Aug 2008
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To my surprise, though, I spotted my own photo of my own creation used in the blog as an example, uncredited. It is of my labradorite briolette earrings, sold a while ago in my Etsy shop.
This is not the first time that my briolette wrapping techniques got attention from fellow etsians, but I can’t say I am too happy about this one. I would have thought it is common courtesy to ask in advance for permission to use, or in the least give proper credit for the photo and the work. I emailed the proprietor of the blog, contrariwise, nicely requesting for credit, so we’ll see how it turns out.
And also, I would like to point out that the description on the blog is wrong: There was no “wrapping back up the bead and wrapping tightly under the loop” on this labradorite briolette, although that is another technique that I do use frequently. The wire end was … (drum roll please) … tucked into a drill hole!
Times like this make me think that maybe I should publish my own briolette wrapping tutorials: I happen to love briolette wrapping (can you tell? ^^), and I do have an arsenal of techniques under my belt that I deploy on briolettes of every size and shape. Two things stop me: the desire to keep this hard-earned and self-discovered knowledge to myself, and the fear of the pain that is writing detailed and precise descriptions of the process. Who knows, maybe one day I will find myself in the mood for pain… lots of it. :-)
[update 09/29/2008] Woo hoo! A couple days ago, Anne of Contrariwise got back to me on Etsy via convo to let me know that she has updated her blog to give me proper credit. It took a while, but I am glad that the photo and the wrapping work finally bear my name. Thanks everyone who’s been supportive, and thanks to Anne for fixing it.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Good grief. That’s pretty darn tacky and just plain wrong. It’s one thing to ask your permission first and give you the option to say no; but to just go ahead and use your picture as if it was their own, that’s low and deceitful. I’m glad you discovered it. It certainly shines a whole new light on that seller in my eyes.
You’d make a slew off of a tutorial. I say ‘go for it’! The pain just might be worth it!
August 15th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Hi Ginger, thank you for your support! :-) I hope the author will at least correct it now that I’ve convo-ed her. We’ll see.
In the meantime, here are two other good wire-wrapping tutorials I have found:
http://www.fusionbeads.com/beadingfaq/techniques.php?bfid=45
http://www.kernowcraft.com/tipsandideas_wirewrappingbriolette.aspx
September 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Rae, I just went to the post and saw that it was still not credited to you. Not to make a big deal out of it, but did she ever acknowledge you? That’s just really crummy.
(I mean, I may use photos, but I always give a credit line and most of the time I remember to let the person know.)
September 16th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Hi Yazmin,
No, my friendly Etsy convo to her went unanswered. In the meantime, whenever someone asks “how to wrap briolettes?” question in the Etsy forums, Etsians happily recommend the page away, and it is currently #3 link on google search for “wire wrap briolette”. It kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Sigh.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I decided to bump this up since I was looking at her blog out of the blue… She has given you credit and corrected the instructions on the tutorial. Not sure if it makes you feel better or not…..sorry this happened. I knew I had seen those labradorite earrings somewhere
September 29th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Hi Sharon!
Yes, indeed, I am very happy about this new development. Anne (contrariwise) convo-ed me two days ago on Etsy and told me that she updated her blog page. I am glad that she chose to do the right thing! Thank you all of you guys for your support. :-) I’ll post an update on my blog…