Sloppy Craft Ceramics

Weaving practice and pedagogy.

Sloppy craft ceramics. Sloppy sculpture that is billed as conversational provisional and un heroic. And ceramics consider the importance of traditional concepts of skill. Teaching ceramics in an interdisciplinary environment. Post disciplinarity and the crafts paterson elaine cheasley sloppy craft.

And when the art world turns its gaze on traditional craft materials as is the case with rebecca warren s turner prize nominated or grayson perry s turner prize win ning ceramics the sense is that it s not only ok. Reading the ceramics reader and visiting shows such as collect in london made me much more aware of the amorphous role of ceramics in the art world today and as a result my work attempts to bravely defy classification blurring boundaries between contemporary craft pottery and art not quite obeying the rules that define value through skill. Sloppy craft is described by craft theorist glenn adamson as the unkempt product of a post disciplinary craft education the panel here in portland featured the art institute of chicago s professor anne wilson fibers and materiality wilson s former student josh faught now teaching fibers at the university of oregon. The book gathers a dozen essays from craft scholars and educators who write about the sloppy craft aesthetic and the power that artists have discovered in it.

Sewing and ceramics consider the importance of traditional concepts of. Postdisciplinarity and the crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of sloppy craft craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance or both. But the other notable characteristic of today s ceramic scene is the move toward sloppy craft things intentionally made to look poorly made and artists that reject the aspirations for. As related to ceramics.

Postdisciplinarity and the crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of sloppy craft craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance or both. Reprint of glenn adamson when craft gets sloppy crafts 211 march april 2008. Coined in 2007 by artist and educator anne wilson the term refers to an approach that emphasizes concept over advanced skill and process over refined product calling into.