ANST - artistic possibility was Periodish

[Cameron Lewis]

ches wrote:
> 
> I think there is a difference between periodish and artistic possibility.
> My example would be a forged iron rose,
> http://www.fremlinsforgery.com/forgedrose.html ,
> yes the techniques used for forging the rose are all documentable BUT the
> idea of applying those techniques in creating the rose cannot be
> documented.
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I will have to disagree here.  

If you can document iron sculpture in period and you can document floral
decoration in metal or document another flower forged in iron, you could
use a piece like that in an A&S.  As long as you put the differences and
similarities into your documentation then you should be fine.  The idea
could be there if the practice was not left for us to see.

I seem to remember people saying hot pink was not documentable until
someone did a couple of years ago.

Sir Alrek






> We use modern milled flour or fabrics to create our items, the
> process AND the artistic creation can be documented. It is when we take it
> that one step further and interpolate/derivate to what in modern times
> would be logical but would not have been done in the past we want to
> convey. Why it would not have been done are sometimes obvious, sometimes
> not. That we take the creative approach to do it is what I call artistic
> possibility.
> 
> But, I would not enter the iron rose in an A&S. I do not think it is a
> period item, it is an artistic possibility that I cannot document. I would
> instead create a piece of jewelry of a silver or golden rose. THAT
> artistic possibility I can document.
> 
> Sincerely,
> F. Havas
> ches at io.com
>
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