Basically do the materials ( steel to cardboard) and the process ( welding to gluing ) change the definition of a work from art to craft. ex. I weld steal and it is considered a steel sculpture of course its art...but if I glue cardboard together is it now a craft?
2007-09-05 11:58:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
no it is still sculpture, for craft it depends what you do with it.
I don't really like the distinction between art and craft, but generally craft is some useful object well made. If you would make functional cups for drinking tea or coffee, it would probably be regarded as craft. You could take the same cups and build a sculpture with them (take lots and make a model of the eiffeltower or whatever.).
If you are inventive about it and use your brain you can make really cool cardboard sculpture. I also don't think welding steel makes the end product automatically art. You could weld a chair together. If you do it badly it is crap, if you do it well, building furniture would probably still count as a craft. I am actually quite sure that the vast majority of steel welding is done outside the art context (look at your car, your house, the next bridge...and look what your welding supply shop has in stock and when its opening hours are)
2007-09-06 01:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. What creates the change from art to craft is usefulness. If you sculpt a plate, it's a craft because the plate can be used. So only if your glued cardboard has a use is it a craft. If it is only "decorative" it is still art. The definition of art and craft rests on the "usefulness" factor, not on the materials.
2007-09-09 05:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jeanne B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is still a sculpture. You can make a sculpture out of basically any material...your imagination is the limit. I define a craft as making a specific decorative piece that could be easily and mass duplicated.
2007-09-05 19:03:30 · answer #3 · answered by jjhull03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may well still be art and sculpture...i read an article about a show of paper and cardboard art and sculpture showing somewhere in kansas city (i read the article not long ago and the show is either going on now or will be in the near future.)
2007-09-05 21:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the creation is a creation, and not a messy pile of poorly soldered metal or poorly glued paper, then yes, it's art. Art is not defined by the material. Art is defined by the emotional effect it has on the viewer and the artist.
2007-09-05 19:04:09 · answer #5 · answered by a-mac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A craft, yes. The meaning of craft is that is it something to be used, or something useful. If it serves no purpose, it's hardly a craft.
Is is art, maybe. If it had aestetic value, meaning if it looks really good to you and others, yes it's art. If everyone thinks it's a piece of trash, it probably is, even if you can see immense beauty in your "work".
If no effort is required, it holds no aestetic value (beauty), and does not hold great value to someone, don't flatter yourself. It's not art, but junk. Congratuations for nothing.
2007-09-05 19:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO
well it depends,.. if your an artist, then it's a sculpture,.. if your a kid in class or a grandmother then it's a craft
2007-09-05 19:02:12 · answer #7 · answered by hailey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-09-05 19:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by less 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's whatever you want it to be, senor.
2007-09-05 19:02:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probly.... naked people are considerd art
2007-09-05 19:02:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋