Harriete, I wanted to announce that next week, but I might as well do it now: I will be going live on fb Thursday morning at 11am CTR and Thursday afternoon at 3 CTR. That way people from both coasts can tune in conveniently. Looking forward to your question!
O.K. Tough question: How does American Craft define it's audience?
It used to be that "Craft" was all about making it by hand with great skill. The tour-de-force of craft skills.
Seems to me that this has evolved radically in recent years.
How much prejudice is there against the "found object" or found materials. Though this has existed in the art realm for 60 years....is there still some resistance as defining this as "craft."
Also, is there any "craft" resistance to modern technologies such as laser cutting or 3-d printing?
Is there a problem with the laser cutting or 3-d printing as looking like the technology rather than the artist's brain/hand connection?. For further explanation: A few years ago, I went on a gallery walk, and every gallery had laser cutting....and after a while, you just walked into the gallery and said to yourself, "more laser cutting" and moved on. It was a really boring crutch to expedient cost effective, (lower price) art making.
Harriete E Berman
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What time?
I have a question.
Apr 13, 2017
Brigitte Martin
Harriete, I wanted to announce that next week, but I might as well do it now: I will be going live on fb Thursday morning at 11am CTR and Thursday afternoon at 3 CTR. That way people from both coasts can tune in conveniently. Looking forward to your question!
Apr 13, 2017
Harriete E Berman
O.K. Tough question:
How does American Craft define it's audience?
It used to be that "Craft" was all about making it by hand with great skill. The tour-de-force of craft skills.
Seems to me that this has evolved radically in recent years.
How much prejudice is there against the "found object" or found materials. Though this has existed in the art realm for 60 years....is there still some resistance as defining this as "craft."
Also, is there any "craft" resistance to modern technologies such as laser cutting or 3-d printing?
Is there a problem with the laser cutting or 3-d printing as looking like the technology rather than the artist's brain/hand connection?.
For further explanation: A few years ago, I went on a gallery walk, and every gallery had laser cutting....and after a while, you just walked into the gallery and said to yourself, "more laser cutting" and moved on. It was a really boring crutch to expedient cost effective, (lower price) art making.
Harriete
Apr 16, 2017