tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095257527957275793.post850625554695305068..comments2023-06-24T18:55:40.064+10:00Comments on Page 63 of your Manual: craft thinkin (am I wading into a nasty swamp here?)Sayraphimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16291569580738484354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095257527957275793.post-21713406047140117822008-08-30T16:10:00.000+10:002008-08-30T16:10:00.000+10:00I'll probably be shot for saying this Funny you sh...<I><BR/>I'll probably be shot for saying this</I> Funny you should say that. I wondered about blundering into a firing line starting that whole topic off. <BR/><BR/>I totally agree with you re technique, sloppy craft isn't a deliberate art form, its jsut lazy. And I know, cause I used to do it at Uni. "No no, all those scratches on the neg and dust? Those are deliberate choices to hold up to close examination the previous regard for clean, scratchless negs. It has nothing to do with me being lazy and careless with my negs, NOOOOOOO..."<BR/><BR/>Interesting you mention innovation actually. I've ready on the net where people say that the new wave of craft, using old techniques for new craft (subversive cross stitch for example) is being disrespectful to the older crafters. That's plain ridiculous. That's along the same lines as graffiti artists are disrespectful to the Renascence. Dear dear. If the art form doesn't keep evolving then it's going to stagnate and die. Its the same across the board for everything. History is full of Darwin's dead ends. And I think that's what you're saying too. <BR/><BR/>If they come in the night, I'll be there right beside you up against that wall :)Sayraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291569580738484354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095257527957275793.post-13487020438045390002008-08-29T18:40:00.000+10:002008-08-29T18:40:00.000+10:00Tough subject, S. And I'm sitting here right now, ...Tough subject, S. And I'm sitting here right now, thinking about it. Off the top of my head, two things come to mind that would classify craft in my mind as High.<BR/><BR/>1/ Technique. Know Thy Craft. Sloppy or lazy work annoys me, and gives 'indie' crafting a Bad Name, which I think is why traditional crafter take issue with it. It is craft, after all, and stuff that's lazily done is just slack.<BR/><BR/>2/Innovation. Traditional crafting is all very well, but it's not known for it's boundary-pushing, in fact for many years it was moribund. Neither is it making a statement, which is the point where craft starts blurring into art. Do we really need another rendering of hollyhocks on linen, however expertly done? Personally, I think not. People who learn the time-honoured traditions and then challenge and extend them, transform them into something else and, above all, have something to say with them, now THAT excites me.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>I'll probably be shot for saying this.shulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349989043861777133noreply@blogger.com