Crafts in a Muddle 1 2 3 4 5 6 - PRINTER VERSION
>> remedy this state of affairs, but instead highlights and emphasizes this deplorable fact. Rudolf Arnheim's words at an American Craft Council conference in 1961 are, regrettably, as true today as they were then.
"As we look around in the field of crafts we see an abundance of talent and skill. We notice striking, original shapes, ever new ways of using new techniques and materials, and occasionally, a delicate sense of order and proportion. If, nevertheless, the general state of affairs is not quite satisfactory, it is because of an uncertainty of aims."
The question those in the craft field, who are committed to the craft language, have to ask of Craft Today is not Benezra's "But Is It Art?" but rather, is it craft?
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>> remedy this state of affairs, but instead highlights and emphasizes this deplorable fact. Rudolf Arnheim's words at an American Craft Council conference in 1961 are, regrettably, as true today as they were then.
"As we look around in the field of crafts we see an abundance of talent and skill. We notice striking, original shapes, ever new ways of using new techniques and materials, and occasionally, a delicate sense of order and proportion. If, nevertheless, the general state of affairs is not quite satisfactory, it is because of an uncertainty of aims."
The question those in the craft field, who are committed to the craft language, have to ask of Craft Today is not Benezra's "But Is It Art?" but rather, is it craft?
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© 1980 - 2024 Rob Barnard . All Rights Reserved. Site design: eismontdesign