Concept / Traditional craft practice

Traditional craft practice

The connection of materials, skills, making processes, learning, and use transmitted within a particular community

The connection of materials, skills, making processes, learning, and use transmitted within a particular community.

A phrase to start with

Adds a setting condition for an evidenced traditional craft practice.

Appearance and effects

It appears as a setting consistent with evidenced materials and making processes.

Visual traits

  • material preparation
  • skill transmission
  • making and use

Expected changes

  • Evidenced materials and making processes become more legible
  • Connections to learning and use are more likely to appear

Five examples

1 — Medium-sized dog
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2 — Cat
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3 — Teenage boy
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4 — Unoccupied interior
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5 — Valley with a river and mountain ranges
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Meaning and scope

Definition

Traditional craft practice indicates a setting involving evidenced materials, skills, making processes, learning, and use transmitted in a community. It does not determine a place, bearers, objects, organizations, or a particular style as one undifferentiated subject.

In more detail

Confirm and choose materials, techniques, bearers, place of making, transmission route, and conditions of use separately. Do not identify a maker organization from its name alone; verify evidence and rights before using a concrete example.

Includes

  • Evidenced skills
  • making processes
  • learning
  • and use transmitted within a community

Excludes

  • An object type
  • maker organization
  • or unspecified ethnic-style decoration

What this does not imply

  • The style of an entire region
  • portrayals of a particular community
  • a maker organization
  • or authenticity of an object

Variability

Practices differ by community; do not generalize place, bearers, objects, or conditions of use.

Usage and adjustments

Usage

  • Specify materials
  • technique
  • bearers
  • and conditions of use separately from evidence
  • Do not generalize a place or community

Distinguish similar expressions

  • Verify evidence and rights before specifying a concrete object or organization

Typical uses

  • Set a scene with an evidenced making process
  • Contextualize transmission of materials and skills

Possible failure modes

  • Elements from different communities are mixed
  • Craft is reduced to unspecified ethnic-style decoration

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