tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11354081.post409560561271623217..comments2023-10-04T20:13:12.038+11:00Comments on clog: Craft in AmericaCraft Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567360788128803008noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11354081.post-56408081897582451852007-05-07T16:58:00.000+10:002007-05-07T16:58:00.000+10:00Very "nice" looking it is indeed. The narrator ask...Very "nice" looking it is indeed. The narrator asks at the beginning, "how has the legacy of craft been reimagined as a modern art form?" But it seems to me that the series will probably be a sepia toned version of American Craft. Is it to be shown on the Hallmark channel?<BR/><BR/>I do not dispute that tradition is a founding element of Craft but from the preview it appears that they will be looking at craft from a point of view of unquestioning sentimentalism. The only interviewee under the age of 45 was a small child talking about the responsibility of maintaining tradition.<BR/><BR/>I would like to think that the series would look at the works of <A HREF="http://miwa.metm.org/PET_project/aquarium.html" REL="nofollow">Miwa Koizumi</A>, <A HREF="http://www.antiquesatoz.com/artatoz/krafft/" REL="nofollow">Charles Krafft</A>, <A HREF="http://www.shawnquinlan.com/" REL="nofollow">Shawn Quinlan</A> and many many other American artists who are questioning the what, how, why and where of craft, but I seriously doubt it will.Anna Davernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010392889141108670noreply@blogger.com