You are not overreacting! I do craft work and teach crafts and jewelry making. It has become a bigger and bigger problem in the past few years.
I love sharing and hearing from other artists. I'm not worried about another artist reproducing my work, but the tourist crowd so to speak will and does.
With modern technology, it's so easy ...
Good to hear I am not the only one who has experienced this and thinks this is a problem. Yeah technology has changed everything. But I am a great believer that there is an answer for every problem, so I am working on it and open to any ideas or suggestions. Thanks for the feedback @madlila
@elew Thanks for those ideas... I've sold a few beadwork designs but hadn't considered doing more. i like to make things more than designing them.