My best friend forwarded me this article from the New Yorker about Craft Wars and I found it really fascinating. It brought me back to my college days when I hung out with people who discussed this topic regularly. I thought I'd share it with you...
What do you think? Is there a distinction in the quilting world between Art Quilts and Functional Quilts? Are quilters that snobby about categorizing quilts?
As for the Arts and Crafts Movement I do agree with William Morris and have been taking steps over the last few years to downsize and purge all the unnecessary items in my life.
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
- William Morris
Well, let me know if you check out some of the blogs mentioned in that article...I know I'm going to...
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4 comments:
Great article....very thought provoking. I liked this line, "they are hand-making things for their souls." Yep, that puts it pretty well! :)
This is such an interesting article! Love that quote too. I kind of enjoy craft wars and I agree with the comment that said 'the joy is in the doing'. People should be less judgmental about what is art or craft and just appreciate we all have different tastes. The most important part is that people create and make to their hearts content :) I can admire the beautiful art quilts people make, yet the ones I make are purely for snuggling! One is not better than the other!
Interesting article. I struggle with this concept of form vs. function. Art vs. craft. I agree with your sentiments, and love that quote by Morris. The catch-22 being that something beautiful and time-consuming and expensive is SO hard to "use." Isn't it? I have these vintage blue crystal glasses that I LOVE but it's so hard for me to use them. The thought of them breaking breaks my heart. But I use them. All the time. Even though it's hard, because if I didn't, what's the point? I'm can't speak for experienced quilters, but as one with only 1.5 years under my belt I find it hard to look at a quilt and only see "form" or "function." To me, they all have both.
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