Craft

 

There's an interesting article on the Selvedge Magazine blog by Polly Leonard about the word craft (and I do love the many meanings, allusions, and inferences words can bring)

"The problem is the word Craft. It is just too general – encompassing everything from Alison Morton’s exquisite hand woven linen tea towels to something produced as a response to Kirstie Allsopp’s have-a-go manifesto, and everything in between.

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In the West, particularly the UK, this idea is turned on its head – we teach students as young as fourteen to think creatively and develop an idea through to a conclusion, with the intention that they will pick up the necessary skills during their personal creative journey ... However, on a rudimentary level creativity is the easy bit. Almost anyone can make something..."

Give it a read here.