Reinventing craft

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Looking back over the past 50–60 years, the Danish terms kunsthåndværk (covering studio craft, decorative art and arts & crafts – literally: ‘art craft’) and design appear to have changed and ultimately switched places. Education Craft Design History Kunsthåndværk
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Artistic craft (kunsthåndværk) are something that stands in a display case that you're not supposed to put greasy fingers on. That the students see themselves more as practitioners of craft rather than craft artist (kunsthåndværkere) is perfectly fine. We lack defining what artistic craft (kunsthåndværk) is and can be today.
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Ud af de 279 ansøgninger kom 16 fra kunsthåndværkere og/eller designere. Designere og kunsthåndværkere stod kun for 5,7 % af ansøgningerne, og de ansøgte beløb er også gennemsnitligt noget mindre end for eksempel billedkunstnernes. Og vi får ikke udbredt den kunstneriske tilgang, som designere og kunsthåndværkere står for.
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They are interested in the same techniques and tools that are used in crafts (kunsthåndværk) and design, even if they use different terms to describe what they do, including ‘upcycling’, ‘ Kloge hænder – et forsvar for håndværk og faglighed, Gyldendal, 2013 Artist-in-residence Communication Craft Kunsthåndværk Statens Kunstfond
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