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Barb
Sawyer Brook Staff
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
Posts: 133
Location: Clinton, MA
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 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:06 am Post subject: Artisans Anew |
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Judy (SBDF staff) shared this link with me and I thought some of you might be interested. It's a brief story about a young man who is learning the craft of tailoring from an accomplished artisan in Philadelphia. This comment from the interview is important to all of us who value craftsmanship.
| Quote: | Genuardi may be an anomaly, says Patricia Mears, deputy director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, but she also says there are more people who seem to share his values.
"There's a growing trend amongst young people who not only want to avoid creating things or consuming things on a mass-market level, they are engrossed in the concept of craft, especially something so intimately connected to the human body," Mears says. |
To hear the segment, Click Here.
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zigzagger
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
Posts: 54
Location: Massachusetts
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It's true! Lots of kids I know are interested in crafts and the like. It's definitely becoming a trend!
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Carole
Sawyer Brook Staff
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
Posts: 159
Location: Boylston, MA
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| On that thread . . . there is an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal titled Master of a Fading Art. The story is about a charismatic 73-year old tailor, who lives and works just outside of Cincinnati. He's one of a dwindling group of 'master tailors' and he does work for celebrities. I love the part where the writer talks about how this man's garments match the clients' measurements to within a quarter of an inch. The tailor in the article apprenticed for 10 years before he made his first jacket and he made pants first, because they are easier to construct. The tailor in the article sold his business a few years ago, but still works a rigorous schedule because he likes his new business partner so much. He also sells high end ready-to-wear in his shop. Of his skills, the master tailer says "I am still quick. When I lose my touch, I will know." This was such a wonderful story to read, I want to go up to my sewing room right now and work at my sewing machine!
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