Alex’s craft-related rant

This is the short first post in which I introduce myself. My relationship to craft is a long romance that begins with my father (sounds kind of incestual, but isn’t meant that way). My dad was a furniture maker when I was growing up, so there was always importance placed on how well an object was made. While not perticularly well-to-do, my parents refused to furnish the house with anything other than fine, hand-crafted furniture, some of which had been made by my father. He has sinced changed carreers, but that appreciation has stuck with me. I ended up getting my undergraduate degree in glass. It’s a fine arts program that describes itself as a “material-specific sculpture program.” Glass however, was not until recently a “fine-arts material” and I was introduced to the weird conflict between art (with a capital “A”) and craft. I have since apprenticed under some Italian glassblowers while furthering my knowledge of the craft tradition. That’s good for now I think…

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