Obscure Objects of Desire   1      2      3      4      -      PRINTER VERSION

>> from modern crafts. And yet, I found it was heartening that so many obviously intelligent and talented people found the crafts so compelling that they were willing to devote their energy and attention to trying to understand why this activity still moves us and has meaning when, some might argue, it has lost any real significance it once had. In fact, I felt somewhat flattered (as a craftsperson) that all of these people were trying not only to understand and articulate the qualities and feelings crafts objects are capable of containing, but also to give those attributes some measure of cultural significance. Obscure Objects underlined the importance the British place on the idea of craft and made it plain that crafts have to look no farther than their own history to find meaning. It may have provided the needed impetus and laid the foundation for the beginnings of a critical history for modern crafts in Britain.
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