Comments on: A Fine Mess of Indie Craft http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/ DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more! Mon, 21 May 2012 21:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lindsay http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-26968 lindsay Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:59 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-26968 I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh? I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science). Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ......lol. I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh?

I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science).

Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ……lol.

]]> By: lindsay http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-106889 lindsay Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-106889 I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh? I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science). Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ......lol. I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh?

I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science).

Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ……lol.

]]> By: lindsay http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-108483 lindsay Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-108483 I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh? I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science). Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ......lol. I have been making recycled art for over 15 years. Now it is a movement? Huh?

I have even taught recycled art lessons (a cross over lesson of making art with recycled goods and a lesson on environmental science).

Why is it that people think this is something new? It has been around for a long time! We have been recycling long before Al Gore created the internet, ……lol.

]]> By: Green Craft Blogs We Love : Crafting a Green World http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-1781 Green Craft Blogs We Love : Crafting a Green World Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:55:03 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-1781 [...] posts: A Fine Mess of Indie Craft, The Eco-Crafters List of Demands, Green Crafts on BlogHer. [Image by jaylopez.] Add a comment [...] [...] posts: A Fine Mess of Indie Craft, The Eco-Crafters List of Demands, Green Crafts on BlogHer. [Image by jaylopez.] Add a comment [...]

]]> By: Lainie http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Lainie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:50 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-780 I've written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the "alternative craft" movement -- whatever you want to call it -- the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance. I’ve written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the “alternative craft” movement — whatever you want to call it — the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance.

]]> By: Lainie http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-106888 Lainie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-106888 I've written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the "alternative craft" movement -- whatever you want to call it -- the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance. I’ve written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the “alternative craft” movement — whatever you want to call it — the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance.

]]> By: Lainie http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-108482 Lainie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-108482 I've written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the "alternative craft" movement -- whatever you want to call it -- the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance. I’ve written about this quite a bit on my blog at lainie.typepad.com/redthread. I support all art and craft; making something yourself is never a bad thing. But I also agree that in the “alternative craft” movement — whatever you want to call it — the level of craftsmanship is often low, and the level of self-righteousness is often high. But it will level out. As new trends come along, people who are genuinely interested in quality craft will stay with it and develop more skill, and probably learn some respect along the way for knowledge and artisan traditions. The rest will move on. This is not the first craft renaissance.

]]> By: Andrew Wagner http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Andrew Wagner Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:14 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-709 Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started: http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735 Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future! Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started:

http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735

Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future!

]]> By: Andrew Wagner http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-106887 Andrew Wagner Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-106887 Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started: http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735 Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future! Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started:

http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735

Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future!

]]> By: Andrew Wagner http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-108480 Andrew Wagner Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/03/20/a-fine-mess-of-indie-craft/#comment-108480 Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started: http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735 Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future! Autumn, thanks so much for the post and the most excellent intro! Hope you had a chance to read my post about how a lot of this current discussion got started:

http://www.americancraftmag.org/zoom-entry.php?id=1735

Anyhow, I appreciate your post and hope to read more like it in the future!

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