There’s always a discussion, somewhere, about the nature of craft, and what makes something a craft or an art…it can boggle the brain a bit. What if craft (glass, clay, wood, fibre, metal, other) is an art form, like painting or sculpture? Craft under art? Art the umbrella? Why not?
The idea comes from the opening lines of the PBS documentary Craft in America. Got a freelance deadline on at the moment but I’ll be setting aside some time to watch online…
According to this morning’s paper, Emperor Damien Hirst has been suddenly revealed to have no clothes. The critics have said he isn’t producing art any more. So if even art isn’t art, where are we?
Mosr importantly, what happened at art camp? I’m interested to hear what you got out of it.