Mar 17, 2022
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Knit and crochet
Embroidery
Random Rants: Craft as Art
Human history is filled with examples of expression. Stories have travelled from mouth to mouth moving through generations before they were ever written down. Hand prints have been left on walls side by side with drawings of wild life, hunting trips, and humans.
There are a million examples of paintings and drawings that have been preserved not only on cave walls but also on the walls of museums and homes all over the world. Statues and mosaics and glass stained windows that takes your breath away.
But some kinds of art is more fragile – easier degradable – than others. Among these are fiber arts and crafts that use either plant or animal based materials. Some time ago I had an entire month where I reblogged and posted this kind of art, and now I'm at it again.
But first I want to present a couple of crafts and tecniques because they are really cool, and I want to ramble about them for a bit.
WEAVING
Weaving is a very old technique and there is several different looms and ways to weave, and I will not get into any of that here. What I will say is that in the past weaving has been used in some of the same ways as classical painting.
An example of this could be the Gobelins - which you can read a little about here. These are basically woven tapestries to cover your walls, and back in the day they had a double function: at one hand they were used to tell stories and convey messages, on the other hand covering your walls in textiles helped to keep out the cold.
TABLET WEAVING
Tablet weaving is really cool, and I absolutely adore the patterns you can create. It has been used in both Eastern and Nordic countries, and I think this technique is best known for the geometric patterns.
Some examples of these patterns could be the Dublin Dragons, Egyptian Diagonals, and a lot of other amazing patterns like this one.
EMBROIDERY
Embroidery is an amazing craft that has been used to decorate clothing and other textiles through the centuries. In the mideaval age embroiderer created elaborate retellings of past events, in Japan sashiko has been used to make some stunning works of art, and both in Western and Eastern clothing traditions the two-sided embroidery has been used to make some of the most stunning garments.
If you want a look at how embroidery has been used in the past then take a look at the Bayeux Tapestry which depicts the conquest of England in 1066. If you want to take a look at this marvel, I would advice you to take this online tour of the tapestry.
OTHER CRAFTS
I am, no suprise, best versed in fibre crafts, but leather workers, wood carvers, stone masons, smiths, and people working with glass, porcelain and pottery have been making stunning work as well. A lot of these crafts falls in the same category as fibre crafts.
Some argue that craft equals art, and although I see and understand the points of the argument, i don't necessarily agree. As someone who works with fibres a lot, I don't see everything I make as a piece of art. I am first and foremost a crafter, but some crafted pieces definitely crosses into the field of art, and it's those pieces I hope to draw attention to with bringing this idea of mine up from time to time.
I hope a lot of you will share your own works using the hashtags #craft as art and #craftasart (and please tag me if you do). And if you don't know if it's craft or art? take a moment go consider, do you think it's art? and what prevents you from calling it art?
So, my blanket want me to frog the row I contrastyarn that started all the corners, and I’m not in the mood to move 640 stitches to new needles so I’ll just procrastinate and make a lightbulb for the LightHope project by the Danish museum, Trapholt. It’s a collaboration piece where people from all around the country can contribute to a 40 m long installation piece. It’s really cool, actually
If anyone was in doubt, I’m still running by #craftasart project. I’ve already featured a couple of crochet artists and although @dreaminvintage makes more clothes than the others, she definitely paints pictures with her yarn. (And, honestly, why cant clothes be art too?)
I’ve already made one post with an incredible crochet artist. This is another one. It would be an understatement to say that these portraits are as good as any painting. Can you imagine that this kind of magic is possible using yarn and hook? If you like this, please do yourself a favour and check out @katikaart on Instagram
If you want to see more incredible art done by crafters and artists follow the Craft as Art Tag it read more about the project here
My Craft as Art project has begun. To start us off I decided to share an instagram profile from an artist who makes wonderful pictures by using yarn. I chose these cats because the vibe of the piece is undeniably happy.
Please share this post to spread the message that Craft as Art has begun. If you want to see more works where a well known craft has been used to make art, you can follow the tags #craftasart and #craft as art and please feel free to use the tags and tag me in anything you think would suit this project
Craft as Art
Crafts are often seen as a necessarity and through out most of history it has been hidden behind more traditional forms of art such as painting and sculpturing.
Over the last year or so I have seen several examples of artists who takes a form of crafting and makes with it a hole new art form. It ranges from free form crochet to intricate embroideries, and in the upcoming months this is exactly what my blog will focus on.
All updates will be marked with the hashtags #craftasart or #craft as art
If you make something you want featured under that tag please feel free to tag me, I want to share as many and varied examples as possible. And if you just want to take part in my tiny corner of craft-focus, please, do so and feel free to use the tags on your posts
I hope you’ll all enjoy it. And that some of you’ll join in
Tag list*
@startrekkingaroundasgard d @thehound @wolfheartgirl @thesleepyknitter
@what-a-fucking-disguise-this-is @narnianwitch
*if you are uncomfortable being tagged please let me know. If you want to get tagged on a semi regular basis to keep up with what I’m up to, please let me know