Then my Yarn Stash Room is worth a fortune – and not just counting the $ value of every ball, skein and hank…

(which – yes,  I’ve done…. God help me)

There is an exhibition running, in a museum in New Jersey,  that is “explor[ing] the fluid boundary between the traditionally defined categories of “art” and “craft.” “   Good on them.

Let’s have a peek.

Ya know….. Fluid does come to mind when I regard this piece…….

What’s your opinion?

       BTW – Bring your mind back – it’s called “Cactus Flower”.

And it’s wire. Crocheted wire. Which is impressive as wire is entirely unforgiving to crochet, if you stop, you lose the mojo of the wire and it just goes blearp.

Yes…. I know,  you’re still thinking of what it looks like.

So , I’ll grant this is an interesting example of workmanship, Bravo. 

I’m not feeling “Cactus Flower” at all, but the pervy crocheter in me would like to get closer to see how even the stitchwork is, and ponder over the construction of the crochet.

You have to admit, weaving in the ends on that, would be a right snorker. 

But what boggled my mind was the  calling of  this “Art”.  The this, in this case,             

          being  This —>

  The title is Flotsam, which yes, I’ll grant you, is what it is.

 but I have reservations about the use of the appellation “Art”  to anything that even remotely resembles the clots of yarn that form in the bottom of plastic storage tubs.

Art is presenting a subject in a new way that challenges or appeals to our emotions or intellect.  There are motivators (the desire to communicate) and subconcious factors (our need to be creative) that lead us, as humans, express ourselves in ways we term as Art.

Considering the motivations here,  the time two balls of mohair and some #10 cotton ended up in the washing machine (and hilarity ensued)  is called to mind.  So – communication and expression of a concept acheived,    

but… Still…. is it Art?