Over the last couple of weeks my work has developed and allowed me to see how it is fine art. I think of my practice as a tree; the roots of my work is craft skills and materials. The Trunk of my art tree is the growth of realisation of the differences between craft and fine art and the branches and my many created pieces, ideas and concepts. I feel my work is moving away from the single term ‘craft’ because of the imperfect nature of each piece i have made so far. My work although skill based, is not my idea of a perfect craft as it is not linear, neat or functional. My practise so far is definetly reflecting from my dissertation. I have noticed this due to how i questioned myself.
Can craft simply be fine art? I feel not always. I feel its more about the craft and the craft skills becoming more than tradition foretells but about becoming an integral part of visual and intellectial confict within fine art.
