Today I came across an article in the Dallas News about the Members of the Craft Guild of Dallas holding a Fundraiser to raise much needed funds for their facilities and teacher salaries.
The non-profit guild began in 1948 as a hub for artists in the Texas Fort Worth area and over the years introduced classes.
The current 400 members live and breathe ceramic pottery making, jewel making and metallurgy.
Suzy Badger, president of the guild, made a comment that we are losing touch with handcrafted art.
I think it is sad that something like ceramic pottery making is being left behind in the digital rat-race. It offers so much satisfation to the maker and would be owner of a piece of ceramic art.
Perhaps if more people got off the treadmill for awhile they would realise the can make money from their hand-crafts and we would all be a more happy and contented lot.
Good on them I say for taking the initiative to keep ceramic pottery making and other hand-crfted arts alive.
Tags: Ceramic Pottery Making