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On Feb 6, 11:15*pm, "Pat P" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Feb 6, 4:28 am, "Pat P" wrote: "lewmew" wrote in message ... I fail to see what`s wrong with saying that someone`s "Good crafter" - there`s nothing insulting in that at all. Dare I say that some may be looking for trouble where none was intended? Pat I generally stay out of these, but I recall Mirjam haughtily informing us about craftsmen v. artists before. We "crafters" were not favorably reviewed. Oh well, that`s just Mirjam - IMO in normal circumstances "Crafters" is certainly not an insult. That`s why I wondered! LOL! Pat Spent the whole day with a friend who is a marvelous Artist Quilter ,,, she said i can call her crafter any day i want ,,, because not all artists are good crafters as well .. And some crafters are good artists as well ,,, To be both is a Gift from Heaven .. mirjam Definitely. *I suppose some confusion COULD arise by the fact that "crafters" can`t be called artists if they just follow a pattern created by an "artist". It`s rather splitting hairs though! Pat- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This splitting hair decisions , are facinating, but sometimes have to be taken, esp when one curates, or researchers objects. But even if it isn`t that problem, every time one has to refuse an object for an exhibition , one has to explain it to the person who offered it for participation. I don`t know it is luck, or reasonable explaining , but until now [touch wood] , i have never had bad reactions when i had to refuse an object , on the contrary, mant a time same artist or crafter, invites me to have a look at their stuff before their next exhibition[s],,,,, I honestly sit with every person and talk with them, just in the same manner i wrote to Lucretia . mirjam |
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On Feb 7, 3:26*am, lucretia borgia wrote:
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:55:42 -0600, Olwyn Mary opined: I do design most of my own work, and do my own finishing (which means it takes me much longer to complete a project than my friends who are happy not to bother with such things) but I don't consider myself an artist. I am proudly an artisan. This may be because there was a period in my life when I saw all kinds of sloppy work being accepted because it was "art". *When this thread came up, I was reminded of Edith John's "New Stitches for Needlecraft" in which she says "....I have no time for the deliberately poor technique which is so often presented as a gesture of defiance at tradition, worked, one is solemnly assured, in the cause of freedom and self expression. *I have no time for ill mounted or soiled work, and very little for embroidery, no matter how original, which is totally unsuitable for its purpose. *Neither have I a great deal of sympathy for the experienced and clever needlewomen who are so narrow in their outlook that they condemn every serious effort to widen and enrich the field of embroidery." I guess I agree with her. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. I can go with that but would also add that I do what pleases me and what makes me happy and satisfies my desires in needlework. *What others believe is 'correct' 'appropriate' etc may not necessarily reflect my views. *I would also add, no animals were hurt in the making of this lol- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Lucreatia , i don`t recall that i wrote the terms correct or appropriate in my words about your Shown handcrafted objects. Thus you are just blowing into the wind, i really gave you a compliment ,, which you turned into a flame war ,,, mirjam |
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On 2/6/08 11:28 PM, in article ,
"Olwyn Mary" wrote: anne wrote: Olwyn Mary says... I do not know of any artist or any craftwoman who does not try out new techniques on practice pieces. Most of the time, I like trying new things. For myself, I'd rather not practise on a doodle cloth. I prefer doing a piece that calls for a certain technique (as long as there's not counting sigh). Absolutely. But then I frequently consider a pincushion, a Christmas ornament, a corner of a traycloth or other small items to be "practice pieces". I only use a doodle cloth if I am unsure whether or not I like a particular stitch in a particular place (or if I have forgotten precisely how to do it!!) Olwyn Mary in New Orleans. That's exactly what I have been trying! C |
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Dawne i am glad you agree with me on that point, I don`t see Libraries selling discards here , thus this wouldn`t help me in knowing what a book in another language, actually is about. But from experirnce in out of country libraries i found several times that they defined , a sacred book of some culture as fiction ... which really horrified me. Our public library has had a sale for years, books that are outdated, are not circulating much, or books that they have got many copies in when the book is at the height of its popularity and don't need a year later. Also magazines after a year or so. It makes room for new books and gives the library some revenue. My branch has an on-going sale table, and I donate books to them to sell when I need to make shelf room. I have confidence in the classification at my library, both because the librarians are professionally trained and because they have specialist advice in selecting books in other than English. The collections are to meet the reading needs of people in the community that speak those languages, rather than for academic interest, and it is very interesting to see what languages are there. In Regina, you can borrow books in Hungarian, Vietnamese, Russian, Japanese among others. Dawne |
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