Some ideas i found in The Subversive Stitch, that i feel i Can relate too and understand somewhat within my own practice.
1. Craft is art because it, undoubtedly, a cultural practice involving iconography, style and a social function.
I agree with this within all aspects of art because all art is a visually cultural practice that any and all cultures within humanity can relate too in some way or another.
2. Craft has sterotypes; like the icing on a cake, it is good to look, adding taste and status, but devoid of any significant content.
I feel that fine art is just the same, it can look great and evoke class and taste but in the end it can boil down being devoid of any significant content.
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I was thinknig about my work last night with regards to the concept of it all. i feel that my work has a good concept but at the same time i wonder whether the processes involved in making my work changes the concept in any way. I am not sure of this yet but just through making part of dog sculpture has made me realise that my hands and their manipulation of materials can and might changes some of the perceptions of my work.
