A&S Competitions

[Jennifer Kubenka]

On 30 Mar 1995, Mark Harris wrote:

>         Reply to:   RE>>A&S Competitions
> 
> >I would hope that the artisan would be honorable enough to be truthful 
> >about the project at hand.  In my case, I would definitely be a beginner 
> >at blackwork, but advanced at Assisi or other forms of counted 
> >cross-stitch work.  And so I would enter the project accordingly.
> 
> But are you going to consider the artisan dishonorable who really believes
> he or she is still a beginner while others consider them intermediates?
> This ranking of the artisans is the main problem I see with this idea.
> 
> Stefan li Rous


I dunno, Stefan.  Artistry is such a subjective thing, all wrapped around 
emotions and egos and such, that I really do not know.

However, that's why I put forth the question.  How could such a system be 
created, and who would maintain it? Would it foster an even more 
pronounced reluctance to enter A&S competitions then?

Savian's (I *think* it was Savian, please excuse me if it was indeed not) 
put forth a nice message about honor on the field and how it must needs 
be learned.  Would it not be the same for artisans?  

Emher ni Maille, with more questions filling her brain about this...