Craft Theory
Though studio craft works do seem to have some of the necessary conditions required for injection into critical art discourse, simplifying craft theory as synonymous with art theory strikes some crafts theorists as problematic. Glenn Adamson argues that the interesting thing about Craft is that it is perceived to be 'inferior' to art. In his book Thinking Through Craft Adamson presents an overview of this question by presenting five aspects of this supposed second-class identity: supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur Contrary to the implied second-class status of these themes, Adamson suggests that these are in fact the things that make craft significant and unique.
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