Art

I think this is ASD related in as much as if we are interested in a topic then we tend to be 'really' interested in it but if we're not interested in a topic then we don't really 'get' it. 

I don't 'get' art per se. I'm not good at art, it has never been my strong point and like you, if I look at a painting I can appreciate whether or not it looks nice but my understanding of it doesn't extend beyond that. However! In the field of arts and crafts I am very good at sewing jewellery. I can do this to a very high level and I understand it, the skills that are used to create it and the level of craftsmanship that has gone into making a given piece. I can appreciate a piece of sewn jewellery or beadwork at a higher level than simply whether it looks nice or not.

Do you have an area of interest or hobby where you would have greater appreciation of the level of skill that has gone into creating it?

Well that's an angle I hadn't thought about - and backed up rather well by a lot of the comments on here, people 'getting' specific pieces or artists and not at all invested in anything else.

Ooh I love crafts, I make jewellery too (among other things) though usually with wire as my sewing skills are so-so (pun intended, sorry :P). Useful/wearable art I have so much time for, I love functional things to be beautiful, I fell in love with a bowl once - the design was asymmetrical but with the same proportion of colour on each side, it felt perfectly balanced... I honestly think though that if it had been a flat piece on the wall, I wouldn't've appreciated it the same!

I just don't get art that's made for its own sake. It seems purposeless, which is why I think there must be something about it that I'm missing.

Good design is definiely the thing I most appreciate skill in, that combination of fulfilling a need while being aesthetically pleasing - or amusing, informative, cleverly reflective of its purpose.

What types of wire jewellery pieces do you make? I've tried a lot of different jewellery making techniques over the years but I've settled with sewing jewellery as, to be, that has the most creative potential. I find that the design possibilities are endless and I like the ability to recreate actual objects as beadwork. Such as food; animals; dolls etc. Weirdly, my actual sewing skills are quite rubbish. I never understand how I can happily sit sewing beading for hours but yet when it comes to sewing a button back onto a blouse I'm like 'really?! do I have to!?'.

I've also done a course in stained glass making and can make stained glass pieces at a basic level using either the leading or soldering technique. I enjoy soap making and candle making and other crafts on occasion too. Do you do any other crafts?

I think that there is a design/skill/technique to art per se. It's just that some people prefer more 2D art that is on canvas whereas other people get on better with more 3D 'art' forms.  

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Oh really! My eldest daughter makes a lot of wirework jewellery, she makes a lot of earrings too. I've done metal enameling a few times, it is quite easy. I also have a kiln and loads of silver clay and equipment that I bought several years ago when I was 'really' obsessed with jewellery making, I really need to give that a try! I'm a bit scared to use the kiln though as it heats to such a high temperature! Need to get over my fear of the kiln!

What type of candles will you be making? Will you use colours or essential oils? I did make a patchwork playmat for my 5 year old when she was a baby, I'd forgotten about that until just now. I think it's folded up at the back of her wardrobe. I hand sewed it all too using blanket stitch as it's the toughest stitch so most robust for a baby play mat. I'll have to get it out again tomorrow! The patchwork beanbag sounds cool! Yeah, I'm the same with crafts, I'll have a go at most things. In a couple of months I shall be starting my Christmas Pudding Liquor ready to give to friends for Christmas!

Oh really! My eldest daughter makes a lot of wirework jewellery, she makes a lot of earrings too. I've done metal enameling a few times, it is quite easy. I also have a kiln and loads of silver clay and equipment that I bought several years ago when I was 'really' obsessed with jewellery making, I really need to give that a try! I'm a bit scared to use the kiln though as it heats to such a high temperature! Need to get over my fear of the kiln!

What type of candles will you be making? Will you use colours or essential oils? I did make a patchwork playmat for my 5 year old when she was a baby, I'd forgotten about that until just now. I think it's folded up at the back of her wardrobe. I hand sewed it all too using blanket stitch as it's the toughest stitch so most robust for a baby play mat. I'll have to get it out again tomorrow! The patchwork beanbag sounds cool! Yeah, I'm the same with crafts, I'll have a go at most things. In a couple of months I shall be starting my Christmas Pudding Liquor ready to give to friends for Christmas!