Monday, 24 October 2016

Study Task 1 - Importance of analogue articles

Here I did a bit of background research investigating what people think about analogue crafts and reasons why they like analogue things and highlighted the key/important/relevant words.

http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~kinget/why_analog.html

The (electronic) world is going Digital, why Analog? Peter Kinget

 "The more designs go digital, the more analog performance and value are required in every design to enhance the user experience."

 "the demands on analog design have actually grown with the advancement of digital technologies"

101 Reasons to buy handmade

  • My favorite reason to buy handmade is just that - it's handmade, which means quality, and a whole lot of love!
  • I buy handmade because someone else is using their talents to create gifts and decor that I myself cannot make. Buy handmade today!
Cammi Higley
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  •  Handmade products are more than just a product. There is love, creativity and uniqueness. And that shows.

Karin
stiksel.etsy.com

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  •  Handmade products always feel more personal to me.

Manny
Mannybeads.etsy.com
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  • It harkens back to the days of old when craftsmanship, creativity and quality were paramount - You are buying items not mass-produced and impersonal but are very personal not only to the buyer, but to the maker.  
Bethany
AnnieandOlive.etsy.com
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  •  That are often one-of-a-kind and that in turn makes shoppers feel more special. 


Chika, Dylan & Jean
Chikabird.etsy.com
ladiesandgentlemen.etsy.com

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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/apr/24/mavericks-defying-digital-age

Analogue artists defying the digital ages/ Culture/ The Guardian

'Though enthusiasts and obsessives have stayed loyal to pre-digital formats, for the rest of us it feels like the vinyl record, the photographic print, the Polaroid camera, the analogue recording studio and the darkroom have been cast aside, rendered all but obsolete by a digitally driven culture that devours all that preceded it. '

'It values the hand-made, the detailed and the patiently skilful over the instantly upgradeable and the disposable. In his book The Craftsman, American thinker Richard Sennett warns that we are in danger of losing ourselves if we turn our backs on the learnt skills and craftsmanship that helped give our lives meaning. '

'For artist Naomi Kashiwagi, old technologies are simply a means to new and surprising ends. She customises mechanical musical hardware – gramophones, shellac records – then plays them to create live sound that allows for, and thrives on, the accidental: distortion, repetition, amplified crackles, rumbles and echoes. '

'In 1936, philosopher Walter Benjamin published his influential essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", in which he suggested that a painting possessed a certain "aura" which a photograph or a film did not. The aura was to do with its uniqueness, its originality and, thus, its authenticity. '








Silk-screen Printing for Artists & Craftsmen

By Mathilda V. Schwalbach, James Alfred Schwalbach

This is a beautiful quote: 'The climax of the screen printing process is the actual production of the print. Here is where you find the excitement. For everything up to this point has been conjecture, ideas and hopes.'

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