Comments on: I Tie Knots! http://callieco.com/weddings/ Craft a Life Thu, 06 May 2010 18:26:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Keith Voit http://callieco.com/weddings/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Keith Voit Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:39:06 +0000 http://callieco.com/39/#comment-42 I read your article in Handmade Nation, it was interesting because I am studying art and occasion: specifically how objects are attached with attribute. I am wondering if you have crafted an item that was otherwise symbolic or metaphoric in the weddings you have presided over. Sorry for the academic blah-blah, but there are many artist that believe all art is symbolic. My grandmother's hand made quilt given to me , is much more than symbol, it is testimony to care and love, it is swatch of concerted feelings and work that otherwise is inarticulated . The quilt stands in for an personal experience that is transcendent of written word, gesture or spoken language. Art and craft can transfer an attribute and is especially apparent when the object is used with ritual of "on the occassion of". I would like to hear your thoughts on this matter and any other writing you have about craft and ceremony. Thanks Keith Voit I read your article in Handmade Nation, it was interesting because I am studying art and occasion: specifically how objects are attached with attribute. I am wondering if you have crafted an item that was otherwise symbolic or metaphoric in the weddings you have presided over.
Sorry for the academic blah-blah, but there are many artist that believe all art is symbolic. My grandmother’s hand made quilt given to me , is much more than symbol, it is testimony to care and love, it is swatch of concerted feelings and work that otherwise is inarticulated . The quilt stands in for an personal experience
that is transcendent of written word, gesture or spoken language.
Art and craft can transfer an attribute and is especially apparent when
the object is used with ritual of “on the occassion of”.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this matter and any other writing you have about craft and ceremony.

Thanks
Keith Voit

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