Comments on: Performing Civic Craftivism http://journalofmoderncraft.com/responses/performing-civic-craftivism Academic research on craft Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Glen Butler http://journalofmoderncraft.com/responses/performing-civic-craftivism/comment-page-1#comment-1062 Glen Butler Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:31:20 +0000 http://journalofmoderncraft.com/responses/performing-civic-craftivism#comment-1062 On a personal level Craft for me is a journey of understanding both the materials and myself through completing a process that often becomes nearly ritualistic. By sometimes choosing to shun the prefabricated objects and to take the time to create an object that I personally will have a relationship and intimate understanding of, it is, as Trouton has wriiten, an attempt at confirmation. While I personally might not always look for the humane aspects, the act of creating both mundane and unique objects that have a vast history, through means from time past and modern techniques, helps me to satisfy my constant curiousty and need to understand and by doing so provide me with some confirmation (or comfort even) of an existance with purpose. It also privides me with a sense of independence that I admittedly find empowering. I realise these thoughts digress from the nature of Trouton's essay but found her comments opened to me a path for introspective analysis of my own motivation in creating objects. I felt compelled to share these thoughts in recognition. On a personal level Craft for me is a journey of understanding both the materials and myself through completing a process that often becomes nearly ritualistic.
By sometimes choosing to shun the prefabricated objects and to take the time to create an object that I personally will have a relationship and intimate understanding of, it is, as Trouton has wriiten, an attempt at confirmation.

While I personally might not always look for the humane aspects, the act of creating both mundane and unique objects that have a vast history, through means from time past and modern techniques, helps me to satisfy my constant curiousty and need to understand and by doing so provide me with some confirmation (or comfort even) of an existance with purpose. It also privides me with a sense of independence that I admittedly find empowering.

I realise these thoughts digress from the nature of Trouton’s essay but found her comments opened to me a path for introspective analysis of my own motivation in creating objects. I felt compelled to share these thoughts in recognition.

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