Craft thats not art

these images are interesting and presentable, but they don’t fit in the definition of Art although they crafts. Art has more thought and meaning.

Cross Stitching

I would not cross stitching to be an art, but more of craft. While I respect the time it takes to create one of these pieces, I would expect to see this in more of a craft fair setting, or something your grandmother would gift to you.

-Shanon Wise

I don't really consider DYI tutorials on making dream catchers as art. Typically these tutorials purpose serves as a quick, easy craft to hang in your home or wherever else. Dream catchers hold many important symbols among the construction of the interweaving lines and the bent length of wood. Originally the hole in the center of the dream catcher was used to trap the bad dreams while the web allows the good dreams to enter the sleeper. Now they seem more decorative than purposeful, but once there were specific gems and stones used to represent different things as well as specific bird feathers - many of which are now endangered. This was especially good for young children and infants because of the belief that the feathers from the Owl (representative of the female) and the hawk/eagle (representative of the male) hung above and influenced them. I don't consider it to be art because of the removal of content that happens when it becomes a quick craft project.

Stephanie Orr

week 3 Craft, Not Art.

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I think that the different ways to make photo collages on DIY& Crafts on Pinterest and other sources showing how to arrange your pictures to look good are crafts but not art.  Because the photo collage is not of raw material and anyone can put their pictures into these placements, making a collage of pictures to display should not be considered art, but it is a fun craft to make something that looks good to hang on your wall.

Natalie Bechtel

Petersilge Week 3: Craft/Not Art

After giving it a lot of thought, I resolved to post about candle making. Like many crafts, it has a rich history, dating back to the qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) when the Chinese created the first candles from whale fat. Since the dawn of its existence, the candle has been a craft item heavily tied to ritual, from religious purposes to time keeping. It even became a guild craft in the 13^th century, indicating at least a distant relationship to fine art.

The production of candles eventually moved from “chandlers” (professional candle makers) to machines in the early 1800’s, which, for a small period of time, dominated the market of lighting options. The invention of kerosene and lamps, followed shortly by the invention of the light bulb, quickly snuffed that out, however. At this point, the desire for candles became mostly decorative, leaving it in a strange grey area between craft and art.

While candles were made for a time to serve essential purposes such as time keeping, light giving and religious ceremony, they lack the portion of artistic design that is the artist’s hand. Lacking representation by artists who have a visible style of work that individualizes them, candle making then falls for me in the category of craft, in that a set of designed requirements are reached, but not art.

This is not to say that wax candle artists do not exist. Artists such as Urs Fischer, Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz all use wax candles sculpturally to a truly exquisite effect. They are, however, adapting the craft of candle making into their own form of art making, therefore taking the candle out of its intended craft and injecting it into a set of relationships and ideas that comprise the craft of the artist.

Candle making will always, inevitably hold these ties, which leaves me with a burning desire to incorporate it into my own art making to break down the barrier of craft and art (something I love to do). 

Week 3

When I first think of "crafts" I think of things like knitting and DIY projects on HGTV or Pinterest. For something to be considered art I think it has to have a conceptual meaning behind it; whereas craft are created to look aesthetically pleasing and typically serve a specific purpose. For example, this scarf; it looks pretty and if made by hand would've taken a lot of time and effort but I don't think it anything close to being considered art.  Anyone can learn to knit or slap some paint on a canvas but for it to be viewed as art it has to have a concept and a purposeful meaning behind it.

wk 3

I don't think that the DIY Pinterest crafting projects are art because art is described in the reading as being conceptual and thoughtful. These pieces are not that at all, they just look "pretty" and may be fun to create. I also don't think they are art because they can be created by anyone, even children do these projects.