http://www.designsponge.com/2007/01/craftyness.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:22:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.designsponge.com/2007/01/craftyness.html/comment-page-1#comment-11622 Erin Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:08:00 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/01/29/craftyness/#comment-11622 Grace, congratulations on your award! I know what you mean about not thinking of yourself primarily as a craft blogger, but actually one of my favorite things about D*S is the way that you help to blur the lines between the categories of "craft", "decoration", "art", and design". As someone who isn't trained as an artist or designer but who does enjoy creating beautiful things, I find inspiring and motivating to read thoughtful and serious critiques of embroidery, knitting, or even toymaking as art forms. It's also great to see these kinds of work, traditionally labeled as "crafts" and generally thought of as women's work, listed right alongside more prestigious, traditionally masculine, fields of design. Here's to craft and design*sponge! Grace, congratulations on your award! I know what you mean about not thinking of yourself primarily as a craft blogger, but actually one of my favorite things about D*S is the way that you help to blur the lines between the categories of “craft”, “decoration”, “art”, and design”. As someone who isn’t trained as an artist or designer but who does enjoy creating beautiful things, I find inspiring and motivating to read thoughtful and serious critiques of embroidery, knitting, or even toymaking as art forms. It’s also great to see these kinds of work, traditionally labeled as “crafts” and generally thought of as women’s work, listed right alongside more prestigious, traditionally masculine, fields of design. Here’s to craft and design*sponge!

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