Craft Magazine
Reflection
This edition of craft magazine, features forms both primitive and modern. The materials at the top of the page possess a rustic charm that forms a charismatic warmth to the items them selves. It is plain to see the distinction between practicality and function and those images that are largely ornamental and decorative. The colourful waxy piece at the bottom, inspired my use of wax within my "scrying" sculptures. Due to the forms illustrated above, I chose to use different colours of wax to make the resulting creations visually appealing even though they would be burnt away in the forge. The action of crafting something from scratch, by using techniques and processes handed down to you, has a originality and craftsmanship to it that I find to be refreshing. Within the current industrial, mass-made society the majority of products are bulk made. I find this very sad, as the strength of humanity is the ability to create bespoke items. I will be using a lot of hand crafted processes within my own practice in order to revive some long forgotten traditions.
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