Craftsmanship in the Age of Hot Glue and Tape
Recently I was asked to speak about craft to a small group of graduate printmaking students from Tyler School of Art. It was an interesting assignment: to talk about craftsmanship to people who are presumably more closely allied to painting than anything the craftworld can offer. I doubt they use the words “craft” or “craftsmanship” very often, and it might seem altogether irrelevant to their work. So, how should I speak about it? To begin with, it’s obvious that good craftsm