Handmade Jewelry Designers Biography
Source (google.com.pk )Martha Ford's passion for bold yet elegant designs is reflected in her artisan jewelry line, The Martha Ford Collection. This collection endeavors to integrate color, shape and texture of semi-precious stones to form a work of art that will compliment a woman and her clothing.
Global Inspiration
Martha Ford grew up in Boston and graduated with an Art History degree from Wheaton College in Norton, MA. She settled in Orlando, FL where she has lived for 34 years. Martha has traveled the world. Exotic locales such as Bali, Fiji, Morocco, Egypt and India have greatly influenced her aesthetic. However, it was her trip to the Isle of Capri in Italy that truly inspired her creative desire to achieve real artistic design with affordable semi-precious stones.
Signature Elegance
Isle of Capri
The modern elegance of Italian fashion sense has been Martha Ford's ideal. Her style is eclectic and sometimes has an ethnic feel that is at once refined and unfussy. Bold statements of design are the signature of Martha Ford's jewelry.
A wealth of diverse cultural experience make Martha Ford's designs unique. They appeal to a wide range of women young and old. Attention to coordination of shape and color are driving elements along with easy to use clasps that compliment each necklace.
Where To Purchase Martha Ford's Designs
Jewelry designs by Martha Ford can be found primarily in boutique jewelry stores. The semi-precious stones used in her necklaces means that affordable one of a kind jewelry can be bought in stores where the primary emphasis heretofore has been on precious stones. This niche of great design in semi-precious stones is now being filled by The Martha Ford Collection.
I have been using the matrix product from the first beta versions to the release of version 1.0. The gemvision team has created a user interface for Rhino that is easy to follow, intuitive, and logical. With their software you can design complicated jewelry forms with precision and relative ease. The interface is setup with a number of tool bars and 'builders' to automate many complicated tasks. The tool bars are setup in such a way as to take you step by step entering the parameters you desire. When done, you hit the 'go' button and watch as Rhino builds your part. If you are unhappy with the result , you simply change the desired parameter and remake the piece. This represents a huge timesaver over trying to make a model using a standard CAD package. The program is truly a work in progress as new capabilities are added frequently. I believe the gemvision team is committed to producing the best jewelry design software available. Many tasks that would be complicated to do using Rhino alone are simplified and automated in Matrix. Customer support is unlike any software company I have worked with. They are always willing to help you get the job done. Once you have created your design in Matrix, it can be sent to any number of service bureaus to grown as a wax model for casting. What you see on screen is precisely what you get. As with any CAD package there is a fair learning curve to master, however, the matrix software is designed by jewelers for jewelers. It is a fabulous product to get you designing in 3D. Customers are totally blown away by the rendered images of your design. I highly recommend the product to any jeweler, who is computer savvy, and interested in designing 3D jewelry. Todd H. Williams Howard Williams Ltd. Oakville, Ontario Canada
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no demo no buyo 10/11/2009 by 'brasso' from brasso
sorry guys come out with a free download demo now and show what you have got - then let us decide if your software is a winner and your price asking is a steal!
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Understand its purpose. 10/2/2009 by 'Darrin' from Darrin
Matrix is not designed to replace Rhino, it is an enhancer. It is true that MOST things you could do with matrix could be done with just rhino, but in a much greater time frame. Gemvision has created a wonderful product. For those who are doubtful because there is no demo, you can do online video demos. But lets be real those who dominate the world of custom jewelery designs use Matrix. It is unbeaten. And each generation of the program far surpasses the last, and all competitors for that matter. This makes all aspects of jewelery design easy and productive. We make Hundreds of custom designs a year with Matrix, and would not go with any other product.
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Grande Matrix 6 11/19/2008 by 'dario' from dario
Se vuoi disegnare gioielli ad alti livelli ed in poco tempo, non puoi fare a meno di acquistarlo come ho fatto io. L'unico difetto di questo plug-in e' il prezzo....altissimo... ma per il resto non c'e' nulla da dire. E' stata studiata l'esigenza del settore orafo nei minimi particolari. E come c'era scritto in un precedente messaggio, sotto alcuni aspetti sembra veramente fantascienza.
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Still no demo 1/29/2004
After all these reviews about 'no demo' there is 'still no demo'.
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Commitment to the customer 9/4/2003
I have been a beta user of Matrix since 2001. It is one robust plug in. The user interface is intuitive and easy to get around in. There are so many features that it does take commitment of time to master. I told my staff I am working on the computer from this day forward. That was two years ago and I learn more everyday. I have been designing jewelry for thirty years and this is the most exciting thing that has happened to jewelry design in that time. The renderings sell pieces faster than we can produce them. Good training, a great manual (digital and paper), and a staff that always helps, makes this program the single best technology investment I have ever made. Matrix is helping to change an industry, just ask the Gemological Institute of America where it is being taught as of 2002. If you have the time to dedicate to using this CAD/CAM software it will give you a whole new set of tools.
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