tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24391203.post116438603203980828..comments2021-10-16T17:30:01.749+01:00Comments on craft research: A Place for Creative WorkLouise Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676602432019587228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24391203.post-1164708935891828822006-11-28T10:15:00.000+00:002006-11-28T10:15:00.000+00:00The point I think is about craftpeople creating ne...The point I think is about craftpeople creating new markets not tied to traditional gallery and commission structures, which often make craft seem unreasonable in terns of cost, it would give real independence to a community pf practitiners, and open up new markets, why haven't these models been seriously looked at within the UK and Scotland in particular.<BR/>It is the infra-structure that dails to support the way we work, we have always had to fend for ourselves, but if the opportunity to actually aquire suitably designed living work spaces was developed, it would help raise the engagement and level of craft practice available to the wider audience. Someone star a call to the Scottish Excutive to begin this process of thought?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24391203.post-1164573401818064132006-11-26T20:36:00.000+00:002006-11-26T20:36:00.000+00:00I was wondering when someone would mention the 'ca...I was wondering when someone would mention the 'call to action' article. Yes, I think you're absolutely right about the space issue, and that we need greater support from those with the capacity to support us.<BR/><BR/>But on the subject of the article, I also think there needs to be some kind of 'student activism'; Frieze and Goldsmiths were both mentioned, but the success of Hirst et. al. was not down to the institution itself or any other established (establishment?) structures. They did it themselves (if you believe Michael Craig Martin who said as much in a recent Guardian interview).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com