The Importance Of Craft

Introduction

Craft is considered to contain critical thinking that results in the authenticity of a product. A skill of which that is quickly beginning to be overridden by technology. For Rossi, Catherine in The Architectural Review; “ For me, to consider craft is simply to be interested in making; to understand things, be they chairs or cities, as artefacts that demand asking how they have been made by whom and what their making tells us about the societies they have been made for.” To her, The significance of making is that it has culture which defines a society. Yet, over the years the value of craft has significantly plummeted.

According to Adamson,Glenn former head of the Museum of Arts and Design, since 2004 has been saying goodbye

Susan Luckman argued in her Craft and the Creative Economy is that labour hours of Etsy sellers can never be compared to mass produced products that has since been growing and has provided a constant challenge since the 19th century where Morris and Ruskin first established the Arts and Craft Movement.

Craft being dead

During that period of time, in the age of industrialisation, Morris william wanted to bridge a gap between the beautiful yet useless craft and the ugly but useful factory object in traditional craftsmanship. By the end of the 19th century Craft has influenced various fields which include metalwork, ceramics, domestic design and other design fields.

However, along the way the idea of art was lost to make way for mass marketing pricing and as a result the product could only be afforded by those of upper

To women, craft was dead. Especially in a time of oppressed women.Though the resurgence of craft, was not led by people who resemble oppressed grandmas, even if they do wear their hair in buns. Somehow, the young find the idea of making stuff engaging.rewarding and might land them a double-page spread in Frankie magazine. What’s more they have invented a new expression for it. They are not crafty people, they are Makers. Making it possible for anyone to be tinkerers and not having to master the skill.

Impressed by such a feat, Chris Anderson boss of wired, declared the new industrial revolution as the Maker Movement. During the craft period, we were meant to make jams, lemon butter and, if we were gifted, eggnog at Christmas. Makers turn out craft beers, boutique vodkas and avant-garde wines that are unfiltered, preservative free, often orange and, just as often awful to taste. In a way, The maker movement could be be seen The influence of today's modern craft could be seen in DIY`s and the modern craft