I found a tiny dark cramped fabric shop on a corner in my town that only takes cash and sells everything for $2 a yard, my clothing has never been cheaper
The distinction between ‘arts’ and ‘crafts’ is just so much historic misogyny. There is no reason why something useful cannot be art! Particularly as communists we should work to find beauty and and actualization through the regular stuff of life.
There’s no reason why a beautifully made plate you eat on each day isn’t art but a plate placed in a postmodern exhibition is now magically art because of the (usually white male) artistic intent.
Traditionally “women’s” work was considered crafts: quilting, weaving, spinning, sewing, clothesmaking, and so on while representational arts with less use value like painting and sculpting were mainly restricted to male artisans and deemed art.
To conclude, the art com should be expanded to include crafting particularly since it has very low activity and would not benefit from splitting with an allied (and imo overlapping) subject matter.
I am so excited about the idea of sashiko but my sewing skills in practice are still undeveloped. There is this really interesting trend of sashiko-like textiles coming from historical reproduction denim makers in japan.
I love the stuff where they make jackets or jeans from a similar material to kendo gis. They’re always super expensive though, lol. They look like they fade in a super pretty way
I wanted to buy these as a present for my BF but the sold out his size right before the paycheck I would have saved enough :/
I have to remind myself that there will always be more cool stuff around in the future whenever this happens!
It’s true! I e-mailed another brand about something I was interested in that was sold out and they just told me the restock date so now I know what I will get to spend it on. Or we can go out to a nice dinner lol.
I would anticipate opsec issues with showing off unique clothes and cosplays we make, but it would be cool to talk about techniques, materials, gear, etc. and share our less identifying creations
Learn how to sew!! Maybe we should make a sewing com
I recently started learning, and it’s so great to make clothes that actually fit my lanky transfem frame
I found a tiny dark cramped fabric shop on a corner in my town that only takes cash and sells everything for $2 a yard, my clothing has never been cheaper
A general purpose crafting com, separate from the art one, would be sick.
I would be the phantom of that comm, posting a hundred new half-done projects, a million episode ones
❤️ same.
The distinction between ‘arts’ and ‘crafts’ is just so much historic misogyny. There is no reason why something useful cannot be art! Particularly as communists we should work to find beauty and and actualization through the regular stuff of life.
There’s no reason why a beautifully made plate you eat on each day isn’t art but a plate placed in a postmodern exhibition is now magically art because of the (usually white male) artistic intent.
Traditionally “women’s” work was considered crafts: quilting, weaving, spinning, sewing, clothesmaking, and so on while representational arts with less use value like painting and sculpting were mainly restricted to male artisans and deemed art.
To conclude, the art com should be expanded to include crafting particularly since it has very low activity and would not benefit from splitting with an allied (and imo overlapping) subject matter.
I feel like any sewing or other textile projects could easily be at home in fashion.
I keep flirting with the idea of getting into sashiko, but haven’t had the time/energy for extra hobbies.
I am so excited about the idea of sashiko but my sewing skills in practice are still undeveloped. There is this really interesting trend of sashiko-like textiles coming from historical reproduction denim makers in japan.
e.g.: https://www.okayamadenim.com/products/pre-order-studio-dartisan-indigo-rain-kasuri-selvedge-jeans-tapered?variant=47065927123240
I wanted to buy these as a present for my BF but the sold out his size right before the paycheck I would have saved enough :/
I love the stuff where they make jackets or jeans from a similar material to kendo gis. They’re always super expensive though, lol. They look like they fade in a super pretty way
I have to remind myself that there will always be more cool stuff around in the future whenever this happens!
It’s true! I e-mailed another brand about something I was interested in that was sold out and they just told me the restock date so now I know what I will get to spend it on. Or we can go out to a nice dinner lol.
I would anticipate opsec issues with showing off unique clothes and cosplays we make, but it would be cool to talk about techniques, materials, gear, etc. and share our less identifying creations