As interesting as it always is to have my daily read of craft/ceramic/art/theory/design related blogs I’m also intrigued by the openness of bloggers to share more personal stories and adventures, not necessarily always to the extent of say Post Secret, more along the lines of the day to day in the studio and travels that fellow artists have taken providing them with inspiration or professional opportunities. I’ve recently had a look at Scott Rench’s new blog YOSOH which I thought I’d mention as it’s a bit of fun to go through, filled with humorous pics and a recounting of his journey to Denmark for a residency. Have a browse if you’ve got a minute.
This whole blogging thing is still feeling new to me, but I’ve been really enjoying posting and reading blogs over the last year or so and am really interested by the connections and community that develops as a result. I’ve had wonderful lovely emails from people all over the globe and am really touched by how this technology has changed my perception of community and collective interaction. On that note I’m interested in asking a question of this blogs’ readers (I’m curious as to how this will go…no commemts, lots of comments…?) At the end of this month I’m attending the NEOCRAFT conference in Halifax where I’ll be moderating a panel, the topic being Global Craft. I’m in the midst of writing my opening comments and thought of this blog and it’s seemingly geographically diverse (or so Google analytics tells me) readership and am wondering about others thoughts on those two simple, or perhaps far reaching, open-ended words – Global Craft. So I don;t want to steer any thoughts or comments in any particular direction, but instead would love to hear your thoughts, any and all thoughts on what the term Global Craft might mean to you and your practice. Thanks in advance for your responses and I promise to post my own interpretation of the term in an upcoming post, as it would only be fair.
