Comments on: thanks, mrs. beeton. http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/ handcraft in a hectic world Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: betsy http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4456 betsy Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:17:53 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4456 cecily: i bet you *do* come up with original designs (i'd love to see them!), it's just that they're based on something that has already existed, whether you knew it or not. what makes them unique is your individual interpretation of the old. j hanson: wow! a bio of mrs. beeton herself! awesome! thanks so much for sharing! amy: while i do think that there are new interpretations made in modernity to craft items that couldn't have existed 100 or even 20 years ago, they are still based on the same premises...esp when it comes to textiles. while our ancestors didn't have mod podge, they did have needles and yarn. it's fascinating to see how older things are reinvented through time. cecily: i bet you *do* come up with original designs (i’d love to see them!), it’s just that they’re based on something that has already existed, whether you knew it or not. what makes them unique is your individual interpretation of the old.

j hanson: wow! a bio of mrs. beeton herself! awesome! thanks so much for sharing!

amy: while i do think that there are new interpretations made in modernity to craft items that couldn’t have existed 100 or even 20 years ago, they are still based on the same premises…esp when it comes to textiles. while our ancestors didn’t have mod podge, they did have needles and yarn. it’s fascinating to see how older things are reinvented through time.

]]> By: Amy http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4454 Amy Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:57:56 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4454 I haven't spent much time thinking about this, but my gut tells me this is true. It seems everytime I am excited about something "new" in the world of craft (my world - quilting/sewing) I soon come upon a very old example of it. Everything old is new again, etc. I feel that craft is all about the "doing" instead of the "being" so sharing the knowledge on how to "do" seems quite natural. I haven’t spent much time thinking about this, but my gut tells me this is true. It seems everytime I am excited about something “new” in the world of craft (my world - quilting/sewing) I soon come upon a very old example of it. Everything old is new again, etc. I feel that craft is all about the “doing” instead of the “being” so sharing the knowledge on how to “do” seems quite natural.

]]> By: J Hanson http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4437 J Hanson Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:47:37 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4437 I just happened accross this today and thought it was a good addition to your post: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2003019167_mrsbeeton28.html It is a biography of Isabella Beeton I just happened accross this today and thought it was a good addition to your post:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2003019167_mrsbeeton28.html

It is a biography of Isabella Beeton

]]> By: Cecily http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4394 Cecily Wed, 31 May 2006 20:39:29 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/06/01/thanks-mrs-beeton/#comment-4394 This is a great perspective on the meaning of "craft". I agree. As a crochet designer I rarely feel like I've come up with something in my work that didn't previously exist in some form. I find ways to use the techniques at hand to express my own take on the world. This is a great perspective on the meaning of “craft”. I agree. As a crochet designer I rarely feel like I’ve come up with something in my work that didn’t previously exist in some form. I find ways to use the techniques at hand to express my own take on the world.

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