tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888726736595394980.post2446522921277232004..comments2023-10-30T08:19:17.599+00:00Comments on Knit Nottingham: Art and Craft - An Essay. Knit Nottinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233627767451832676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888726736595394980.post-32493342285190586972013-06-27T11:32:58.239+01:002013-06-27T11:32:58.239+01:00i thought about the cross stitch - it is useful cr...i thought about the cross stitch - it is useful craft,because it's nearly always made as a useful ornamental cover/tablecloth/runner etc, maybe sometimes framed for the wall, but that is house furniture. boom! it's descended from camel and horse harness stitching, so it has a VERY practical history.<br />ps to Jem - thank you! making is where it is at...oh for the Japanese values to be accepted here, they value expert resolution in ANY medium. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888726736595394980.post-32027763083055849192013-06-25T08:16:42.290+01:002013-06-25T08:16:42.290+01:00If Dee had commented on my fine art degree show i ...If Dee had commented on my fine art degree show i would've given a very different response. I did NOT get value for money! I was put in a room for 3 years and told to make stuff.<br /><br />Sounds lovely? It would've been if I wasn't constantly asked to justify it as 'art' because they thought it was 'craft'. I couldn't wait to finish uni so I could just make stuff without having to come up with a load of crap to explain why!<br /><br />I'm a maker....doesn't matter whether it's labelled art or craft xJem Westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876362135149120292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888726736595394980.post-34366351190851778252013-06-24T23:10:42.934+01:002013-06-24T23:10:42.934+01:00This is exactly why I like to knit, and why I thin...This is exactly why I like to knit, and why I think craft is important! As well as all your good points, I think craft brings people together in a way that fine art doesn't (in my experience).<br /><br />I hope you get chance to say some of this on the radio tomorrow!Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529807175771044883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888726736595394980.post-60081372137028182712013-06-24T21:06:11.388+01:002013-06-24T21:06:11.388+01:00ooh, good points well presented! i think i'm g...ooh, good points well presented! i think i'm going to give up defending fine art...so strange, i've been explaining to the people the fine artists are happy to alienate, why not all fine art is like that, the best is very inclusive (anish kapoor's sky mirror anyone?) and i truly hope people can enjoy the pieces i hang in public, whether they want to read the statement or not...but the elitist snobbery of the the art-commenters has really made me take a step back...i spent lots of time on the two classes at the contemporary explaining that fibre and textile art are as sound conceptually as performance etc, you could even argue performance comes from process art which was very influenced by repetition and value (women's work!!)and here are the names of 20 top fibre/art/textile artists whether guerilla knittivists or honored japanese artists who use fibre...but it all fell down a well i think :( but i will continue making my work and ignore the ignorant whatnots...<br />anyway, ganseys are amazing, and i find them heartbreaking...each family had their own pattern so a washed up body could be identified...so sad...<br />go you for being a thinking crafter/craftivist ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com