This installation is by artist Rebecca Ridsdel. It is an exploration of the blurry line between art and craft. In her words “I think craft is technical and art is meaningful (or a reason for being made, beyond the thing itself) Overly simplistic? Probably, but for ceramicists this can be a big issue as ceramics is almost universally seen as craft regardless. I chose to make a series of definitely craft objects – bone china plates, mugs, jugs – and ‘dissect’ them to see what was beneath. Turns out, they are craft through and through.”
What do you think? What is the defining line between art and craft? What do you consider yourself to be?
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wow, these pieces are amazing but how to define myself is a difficult thing to answer. i’m artistically educated but i do a craft. meaning isn’t as important as function and aesthetic. oh if only things were so easily definable.
I agree – I think it is sometimes very difficult to draw the line between the two..