A drawing room, with a fireplace and a good drink, to discuss traditions, thoughts, ideas & concepts on all subject matters.
OUR JOURNAL
An analysis of the ordinary within craft .I
The concept of observing imperfection within handcrafted items, and the discussion of it’s relevance within the process. I’ll be writing about how beauty, imperfection and what we make interact with each other and that the common idiom of ‘practice makes perfect’ is used. Using Kintsugi and Bernard Leach’s work as the foundation of my thesis.
The Health of Objects
The concept of observing imperfection within handcrafted items, and the discussion of it’s relevance within the process. I’ll be writing about how beauty, imperfection and what we make interact with each other and that the common idiom of ‘practice makes perfect’ is used. Using Kintsugi and Bernard Leach’s work as the foundation of my thesis.
Part III: The decline of meaningful quality
Continued discussion and final analysis of the decline of meaningful quality within our society and the possible root cause of it all.
Part II: The decline of meaningful quality
Continuation from Part I, and analysis into what 'quality' now means in our current society. Perhaps, it is not the machine at fault but ours?
Part I: The decline of meaningful quality
For this post, I'll be diving into the idea of the difference between high-quality and meaningful quality, and the role that the Arts & Crafts Movement had in directing this. As well as, looking into the relationship between man and machine; how one of them is taking over in the wrong way..