Is it art or craft?

this has been a debate I’ve heard argued for as many years as I’ve done science fiction cons.  It is usually called fiber arts most other places.  I call certain parts of what I do fiber craft and other fiber art.  Most of the inkle woven trim that I make is craft.  There is a little thought as to color and pattern, but mostly I’m just following a set of patterns that I have written down, and a set of color rules that are mostly found in heraldry.  My real art is the card weaving.  Each belt/stole is planned out to be a mostly one-of-a-kind piece.  Any repeats of a set of patterns and colors is unintentional or I’m doing a baldric or simple stole that is an office badge in the SCA or a single pattern at the end with no repeating pattern up the middle.  

 

Megan

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