Handmade 2.0 observer Rob Walker points to a review of a Craft conference called SNAG where one of the ‘elders’ of the craft movement took a swing at all these new alt.crafters:
[Bruce] Metcalf… spoke spoke of unprofessional displays, kitsch, a general lackadaisical approach and at one point even used the words “dry, airless, and boring”. my apologies, at this point, i was shaking in my seat from anger and was unable to jot down his exact words.
In Metacalf’s defense, he did speak positively of alt craft’s sense of community and political consciousness. But a general negative and almost mocking attitude continued throughout Metcalf’s talk.
Hey there…I was one of the presenters with Bruce. Just wanted to let you know that I posted my account of how this all came together as well as a pretty interesting response to everything from Garth Johnson of extremecraft. Check it out if you get a chance:
http://americancraftmag.org/index.php
March 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm