Chapter Twelve

Crafts

 

This section on crafts differs from what is in your text.  The author of the text seems to think that what determines whether something is a craft or not is the material used to create the item.  In other words, to him, anything made of glass is a craft.  That's nonsense.  Much of the stuff shown in the text is not crafts at all, but sculpture.  I am only going to show you you things that are actually crafts.  I hold the opinion that a craft is an item that is useful, such as an eating utensil or a quilt or a motorcycle.  A blob of glass is just a blob of glass.  I love crafts made by primitive people, such as the ones shown here from the Amazon Jungle.

 

Venezuelan Couple

Venezuelan Family

Venezuelan boy with pet tucan

Venezuelan boys

Village in Venezuela

Venezuelan jungle meeting

Reed basket by Venezuelan woman

Venezuelan woman weaving a basket

Paul Sr., Paul Jr., and Mikey Teutul

Fire engine chopper by Orange County Choppers

Custom bike by OCC

Custom bike by OCC

At work at OCC

Custom bike by OCC

Custom bike by OCC

Custom bike by OCC

Quilt

Quilt

Woman making a quilt

Quilt by ladies from Gees Bend

Quilt by ladies of Gees Bend

Leola Pettway of Gees Bend, Alabama

Maria Martinez

1887(?)-1980

Anasazi pottery

Anasazi Ruins in New Mexico

C. 1200 A.D.

Anasazi Ruins in Colorado

C. 1200 A.D.

 

Explorers examining

Anasazi ruins in Colorado

Maria Martinez

Maria and Julian

Maria firing pottery

Maria, Julian, and family

Black-on black pottery

by Maria and Julian

Black-on-black pottery

by Maria and Julian

Black-on-black pottery

by Maria and Julian

Black-on-black pottery

by Maria and Julian

Maria Martinez