Art or Craft?
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An editorial from the Canadian periodical Master Weaver arguing that most handweavers are craftsmen rather than artists and should not be pressured to be "creative" or "modern". It contrasts craft, grounded in technique and tradition, with "arty" experimental weaving, cites Scandinavian folk-based design as a model, and says craftsmen preserve handweaving knowledge. It ends with a short "From the Classics" excerpt from the History of Brome County, about a woman who sheared, spun and wove cloth for trousers in three days.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1958
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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