[TheForge] the new topic

[Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer]

At 01:34 PM 4/14/02, you wrote:

Some times I make Art I'm told, sometimes i use craft..what does it matter 
, (except when it comes time to sell the stuff)? It is all verbal 
decoration festooned on hot iron. After you have done it for a while, 
you'll find that you get to play in all the arenas, if you have taste for 
it. Pete F


>The middle east is a safer topic...
>
>Difference between craftsman and artisan -- artisan get's listed earlier in
>the yellow pages.
>
>A lot of artisans I know have no problem with the craftsman/woman/whatever
>term, but use artisan to help justify the difference between high end
>contemporary or traditional craft and "church bazaar" craft.
>
>Not that there's anything wrong with church bazaar craft...I personally would
>like much to see someone get contemporary crazy with plastic canvas.
>
>I've got bruises from being in the crossfire the last time I was around the
>art vs. craft debate.
>
>Jerry Veneziano
>Assoc. of Virginia Artisans
>
><< What's the difference between being craftsmen/women, artisans and being
>  artists or sculptors????? Other than price of course...
>
>  Is it a matter of actually execution of all the work? Doing only
>  original work? Certainly not education alone. >>
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