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| Background While mechanization and informatization allowed quick and convenient world with mass production and affluent goods, they resulted in the alienation of humanity. In such situation, the importance of arts is emphasized as the solution for deriving the human dignity.
Arts deliver messages to human beings and purify the derived personal emotions. In the complicated society, the importance on role of arts is emphasized. In response, some of the artists are carrying out retrospection and introspection on the true value of arts. Nevertheless, arts are distant from the reality and they are limited to only few classes rather than majority of people. In such reality, crafts exist close to daily lives of people and they try to enrich the personal life and arrange the platform for deriving personal emotions and communicating with others.
In response to the flow of time, the crafts are divided into industrial craft and masterpiece craft. The industrial craft utilizes the machines for mass production while masterpiece craft integrates the artist’s art world and advanced techniques. Masterpiece craft holds a characteristic of small quantity production with fewer varieties. This study researched on the masterpiece craft which emphasizes the artistic value in daily supplies and enriches hearts of human beings. Also, this study tried to reproduce the value of masterpiece craft by connecting to metal craft works.
Methods Based on the researches for the masterpiece craft, this study tried to make the masterpiece craft work by emphasizing on the characteristic of ‘Art’. Also, this study tried to express the life force of light considered as the source of the world and life and memory of human beings from the light through the researches on the form. In addition, this study emphasized the strengths of beautiful and practical crafts and made single works with functions such as wall mirror, lighting, music box, and jewelry in the small quantity. Through the craft works, this study used to arrange an opportunity for communication between audiences and users.
Result This study expressed the figure of light regarded as essence of the world in the metal craft work. In the work, this study tried to provide audiences and users a chance to look back on the essence of life in their busy daily life. Also, this study enhanced the artistic value of the craft work through small quantity production and tried to establish the leading position of the masterpiece craft. Furthermore, this study provided an opportunity to enrich the daily lives of people based on the craft’s basic principle of ‘Practicality’.
Conclusion In the modern society where leisure disappears as competition and change become daily routine, the arts deliver small break and comfort for people’s lives. In this sense, craft work should go beyond the concept of reflecting the art on the frame of industrial products. Instead, craft work should be regarded as a complete work in the aspect of pure art without considering the function. This study defines such craft work as ‘Masterpiece Craft Work’. This study also believes that the artists involved in masterpiece craft work hold mission of making personal feelings peaceful and making people’s life happier.
This study expects that masterpiece craft work would broaden the expression field in craft and hopes that the craft market would be vitalized based on efforts of craft artists and securing of social conditions. |
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| 예술, 공예, 일품공예, Arts, Craft, Unique Craft |
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