Arts and Crafts
Nov. 18th, 2002 02:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nollyI'm mostly posting this so I have the written out version to reference later, but feel free to comment on my definitions.
Scrapbooking is a pseudocraft. If it won't be a useful skill after the fall of civilization, it's not a Real Craft. If it still takes skill, talent, and creativity, it might be Art. Things that can be done with materials that will still be around after the fall (like, say, pretty rocks or natural pigments) and require skill/talent/imagination but do not have direct survival value are Art. Things that require at least skill or talent and can create items with survival value are Crafts. Some things can be both -- cooking from an existing recipe or crocheting/sewing/knitting from an existing pattern is craft, creating your own recipes/patterns is art.
Scrapbooking is a pseudocraft. If it won't be a useful skill after the fall of civilization, it's not a Real Craft. If it still takes skill, talent, and creativity, it might be Art. Things that can be done with materials that will still be around after the fall (like, say, pretty rocks or natural pigments) and require skill/talent/imagination but do not have direct survival value are Art. Things that require at least skill or talent and can create items with survival value are Crafts. Some things can be both -- cooking from an existing recipe or crocheting/sewing/knitting from an existing pattern is craft, creating your own recipes/patterns is art.
