Monday, June 13, 2005

Fixed Pottery Podcast link ...see post is now corrected. 1:33:37 PM

Craft Manifesto- A Breath of Fresh Air Ulla-Maaria Mutanen is coming up with a craft manifesto. It concerns why craft is becoming more and more popular. What I like about this take, is that it is a positive craft (technique) centered. As with any manifesto, it is written in an exciting tone, and a join-the-bandwagon community building slant. However, it does not have an us against them, man-the-barricades, negative perspective. In comparison, Garth Johnson[base ']s, albiet satirical, Pottery Liberation Front (PLF) at Alfred University (Thx Steve) is another manifesto. It was quite fun but was more of a craft Vs art type deal. (The original was lost, but the Way Back Machine saves the day!) THX BoingBoing 6:58:57 AM