A Cross-post from Fine Lines

Craft is Technique with Context

Craft, like Art, has been in exile for a long time, put in a ghetto where it's been held at the mercy of wealth. In a way I suppose we should be grateful, they might have disappeared entirely without patronage; but on the other hand, if it hadn't been for the creation of poverty and its spread due to the predations of "wealth generation," Art and Craft might have remained vibrant, integrated aspects of life.

One of the most dispiriting concerns I have – in a time of plenty in this regard! – has been the way so many who should know better continue to confound Craft and Technology. The epitome of this might just be the halleluiahs surrounding the advent of the 3-d printer. I don't share in this enthusiasm.

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Craft is Technique with Context