Theme 67: Craft

Consciously make a mistake and see what happens.

There's a lot of imperfection...no matter how much mastery you have over the craft.

If anxiety feeds itself, so, too, does confidence.

I think I was told what a lot of kids of colour, who are the only 'fill in the blank' in situations, were told: You have to work harder and achieve more than everyone else.

The idea of it is funny and captured people's imaginations far more than the how well the box was made.

The interaction with the people was an integral part of the work, the performance.

The more creative you try to be, the more creative you will be.

I kind of abandoned craft, or trying to be good at anything, and I just tried to make work that was engaging and interesting, created by any means possible.

I like to say I haven't sold my soul... merely licensed it.

A doodle... is a fun, quick idea.

Doodle doesn't have to be a drawing; it doesn't have to be just an image. It could just be a noise... t's just playing around with something.

La evolución infinita es la vida de un craftero, AKA 47 intelectual.

El sentimiento de crear, crear con un objetivo.

Tienes que encontrar las cosas que te motiven para hacerlas con pasión.

La pintura me abrió el compas para lo que hago hoy en día.

de pintor a quesero.

Art is simply a catalyst, it is simply the thing that we make up, then love and get seduced that leads us to something else, that leads us to another conversation. That leads us to a dialogue that can be used in a way that generates a higher degree of empathy, that allows for us to see each other in a more clear light and to understand each other better, and to hopefully live together better. Yes, we do have that aspiration.

If we can't imagine it, we can't do it... If we cant imagine it then its definitely not going to happen. And artists allow us to imagine, allow us to dream."

We all believe that creativity, innovation, comes from thinking that is often generated from artists.

We want to have an impact. When I allude to the idea of having an impact in terms of civic engagement, the idea of having an impact on development, this is what we aspire to be.

Art is not just something to look at; it's something to interact with, something to be with.

"Craft" can be a derogatory remark - not making art, just doing craft. A healthy conversation again for artists that are considered to be self-taught, sometimes call them "folk" or "outliers" - as they make craft instead of art.

You have to be tuned in, in moments of the interview, where you're facing severe creative resistance. . . . That's when the story gets great.

Journalists are the bird researchers and the public are tiny little wild birds floating around in the universe, completely unaware.

Craft es creatividad + técnica que confluyen en un proceso de creación.

El diseño experiencial debe buscar generar emociones a través de un proceso de incertidumbre tecnológica para producir resultados impredecibles.

It's up to us to turn the tide and bring back the health of the planet so that our future generations can live in a peaceful, beautiful environment.

Environmental protection and respect for others all starts on your own doorstep.

Where music takes over, where words finish.

I could just sense as a stone sculptor can sense that there is a statue within a bit of sandstone, I could sense there was a violin sitting in that log.

As a player in the highland tradition he feels that instruments pass energy from the tree that they have picked up from the historic moments when these individuals were around them. That kinetic energy travels through the makers into the wood and then finally is released through the player who picks up energy and is able to hear and understand tunes from that in folk tradition, in that piece of wood.

This violin is now an envoy for peace and reconciliation through the power of music and it's in the spirit of Wilfred Owen.

My motto and Thorens motto is to give trees a voice and by taking a branch you save an incredible gentle giant and one of the lungs of the earth, which is our prime concern being environmentalists.

O bom é não saber, sabendo que se sabe

Ele [o trabalho] vai se completando no fazer

Viver é um processo

There is no assembly line. Something's going to go wrong. Something is going to go horribly wrong and more than likely something's going to deliciously wrong.

That's the beauty of craft, if you're doing it by yourself, if you're doing it with your hands you're never going to do it the same way twice.

What is craft? It feels like something that should be straightforward. But what I'm beginning to learn is that craft is actually a very complex idea.

Everyone has a craft story.

I realized those failed knitting projects are not failed knitting projects.

Craft is much more than a way to make an object. It is much more than a way to brand a product. It is even much more than a process.

If anxiety feeds itself, so, too, does confidence

Craft is the opposite of conformity and of perfection.

Creating is inherently personal. Our work grows and changes as we do.

There is no way to be the perfect artist (or designer or craftsperson).

Perfectionism is the enemy of art and of craft, both of which require a love of experimentation and a stomach for failure.

We cultivate a more beautiful and meaningful world through craft.

You choose beauty or you choose ugliness. You choose craft or you choose neglect.

The absence of craft is everything ugly in the world. It's indecision, neglect, shortcutting, lack of attention - it's things falling apart.

Beautiful is precision and it's decision. It's attention. It's a sustained effort. It's intention, it's ambition, it's followthrough... It's maintenance. It's everything we care about and actively strive to make better in the world.

Craft is responsible for everything beautiful in the world.

Anything has the potential to have meaning. We just have to state our intention.

It was a transformative experience. I cultivated meaning into something that was formerly mundane.

Craft is the process by which intent is transformed into a meaningful existence.

Can you impart meaning in an activity through intention? When we set a goal, we state an intention. We do everything it takes to follow through with that goal. That is where the meaning is.

How do I diversify my catalogue of meaningful things?

What if meaning was a choice that we make?

How does one cultivate and diversify meaning in their life?

I found success in one area, but it didn't immune me to everything else in life.

While I found success in one area, I'd been working so hard towards this one very narrow goal that everything around me just felt like it was being neglected.

The world gives you nothing until you give it everything.

Maybe I have something here. Maybe this is something that could fulfill this goal that I've had since I was a little kid which was to make a living doing something that i created and something that I loved.

I realized early on how committed the listeners I did have were — they were extremely loyal. It seemed like the show was really connecting with the people that were listening.

I wasn't doing it for anyone, but myself... and in retrospect it really helped. It was very authentic and it was just something I wanted to do.

Great works of art tell very specific stories.

As you work on your craft, you learn to develop a certain kind of foresight. . . . I think a true master craftsman will always prepare for any situation that he's in and he'll always know how to maneuver himself.

You start the project by starting the project.

If anxiety feeds itself, so, too, does confidence.

Perfection is the enemy of craft.

Perfectionism is the enemy of craft. And I think that the key to my success as an artist and a designer and as a craftsperson has everything to do with me letting go of perfectionism.

Escribir para hablar del desasosiego, de las veces que nos caemos y de las otras tantas que nos levantamos. Escribir porque la palabra nos pertenece a todos y porque a final de cuentas nuestro corazón es el mejor taller literario.

When it comes to craft, and relating to people, and doing your job well, connections are ultimately all that matters in the end.

“People are confronted with problems all day long, every day. Or at least I am. Most of the time a problem you’re trying to solve has already been solved by someone else. And when somebody solves a problem, they’re typically very excited to talk about how they solved that problem and share that information. And if you’re excited to listed to them, and you’re not too far up your own butt, chances are they probably have made your life easier by solving that problem for you first. So just listen to them.”

Banish anticipatory fret from your lives. And every time you catch yourself doing it – stop it. You can’t control that anyway, so just enjoy the now.

Count your blessings – today and every day.

When you’ve known discomfort, when you’ve known fear and terror and illness, I think it just helps you relate better to people.

The people in your life matter.

Don’t take yourself too seriously but take the work seriously.

We creative types are fed a lie and that is we should be paid less because we get to do what we love. . . . I'd argue that we should get paid more because we have the guts to do what we love.

Your dream job is not your dream job if it doesn't pay you what you're worth.

Quality is the goal of all craftsman.

In order to be a successful artist, you must master your craft.

Success is not money and money is not success.

Your dream job is not your dream job if it doesn’t pay you what you’re worth.

Focus on quality. Quality is the goal of all craftsmen.

Remember the first step to finding your craft: you do you.

Having a passion for something alone does not guarantee success, and pursuing that passion does not guarantee success either. You’ve got to earn it.

The world needs more beauty and I think that you have it within you.

Have you all met someone new here today? Because everyone in this room is creative and awesome!

I put myself in this creative rut because I had to, there was no other option, it was my job, I had to do it.

The one thing that I heard constantly from my friends at the time was, "I can't do that! I'm not crafty!" I am here to prove everyone wrong who thinks that. That is my life mission.

Even though you might not know something today, it doesn't mean you won't know it tomorrow.

You can put all the hours into something you want, but if there's no heart behind it, then there's no soul behind it.

You can see stuff that you see everyday, use your brain to sort of bend the world around you and make it something else.

Allow your imagination to be a raw material.

You need to say, 'This is a period of time in which I am going to try and make something.' If you don't do that, then how are you going to make anything?

Why is it great to create? Because it's enjoyable. It's fun making stuff—you start with nothing and end up with something else. Being creative opens up new ideas, exercises our brain, and makes us feel good.

I like to say that I haven't sold my soul, I merely licensed it.

A doodle is a quick, fun idea.

Doodling, for me, is thinking and making at the same time.

You can doodle with sound! It doesn't have to be an image. It can be a noise, a melody. It's about playing around with something.

A doodle is when you're making something intuitively and you're not quite sure what it's going to be, but you feel good about what it is you're doing.

I would choose graft over craft. It's about making stuff.

I'm not really sure I'm down with craft that much. I'm a little bit anti-craft. I think we should switch out skills for ideas.