Many times we hear the term arts and crafts but should they be categorized into the same sentence? The Definition of a Craft is as follows :–noun an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, esp. manual skill: the craft of a mason.(Dictionary.com) The definition of art is:skill acquired by experience, study, or observation. (Merrium-Webster.com) In both of the definitions there is the statment of a spceial skill so are they the same thing? I think pretty much anything can be called art. If there is someone who only makes crafts then that is a form of art. "She takes pride in her yarn for the yarn’s sake, without necessarily thinking ahead to what she might make out of it. In fact she often doesn’t like me asking her what she’ll make out of it. That’s not the point. The process of taking fiber to yarn is thrilling enough in and of itself.
She is crafting for a craft, something I only realized last week. The same thing happens in other media as well when a guy thinks about it though. A ceramic artist can make tiles for someone laying tile or creating a mosaic, for instance. "(the aestheticelevator.com) The lady who was making this argument has a good point who is to say if art cant be crafts. I think there really is no art vs craft because crafts can be a form of art.
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