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Inspiration and research
Making is Connecting - by David Gauntlett
The book Making is Connecting by David Gauntlett. There were some things that I found very interesting. Whether I agreed, opposed or wanted to experience or did not know. The book addressed many things many interesting things on how different society's in the past looked at craft, as well as Art & Craft. That there used to such a hard line between art and craft. From what I've read, in the 15th till 18th century you were an artist if you made religious paintings or paintings at court or monarchs. You were a craftsman if you made weapons, tools or houses even. As a craftsman you could make art, like wooden carved statue, but that didn't say you were an artist. Gauntlett under pint this by saying craft is a professional form of work which is practiced to make something for others. In this scenario it means there is no emotional bond between the craftsman and his work. The controversial thing is that a painter at court does the exact same thing, so what makes him? So somehow this concept of art and craft was divided in two:
- Art is ' truly creative transformation of idea/emotions into visual objects '
- Craft is ' indicating the less prestigious production of carvings and pots '
What is interesting is that people argue that this divided meaning is caused by the term creativity. Having creativity is separates "making objects" and "having idea's"
Other disagree and argue that "having idea's" and "making objects", body and mind, is one thing and both are part by any craft/arts process. This is a statement with witch I agree, and maybe you can only agree with if you have experienced itself. As highly and driven people argue that art and craft are two separate thing, I can not help to disagree.
- A crafted objects requires a skill which others do not maintain. Not everybody can smith and not everyone can make a realistic painting either.
- A craftsman puts as much emphases in his work as an artist will do.
In my opinion art and craft are mostly divided in it's purpose, talking about the object itself and the meaning behind it. This is closely related to the amount of input of the person making it. If a craftsman is asked for a chair, and he just makes a chair that is use full, it will be craft. If a craftsman is asked for a chair, and he makes it useful and adding more time by e.g. adding carved details, it could be considered art. One could say that adding something to 'a craft' could make it art.
Design needs to seduce, shape and perhaps more importantly, evoke a emotional reaction. - April Greiman
