tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955507870794027120.post1089131538250146902..comments2024-02-28T09:49:08.801+00:00Comments on The Traditional Crafts Blog: Heritage is so forward looking.Daniel Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882539382647973996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955507870794027120.post-73169467786055656362011-01-12T10:29:21.678+00:002011-01-12T10:29:21.678+00:00I completely agree that all need support, and cong...I completely agree that all need support, and congratulate you on the campaigning work that you do - and using this blog to highlight wonderfully skilled craftspeople. It is shameful that glib marketing phrases drive government funding - but that's not unique to crafts, alas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955507870794027120.post-36774175565766283982011-01-08T13:22:25.833+00:002011-01-08T13:22:25.833+00:00To be honest Cally I am with you on that one but f...To be honest Cally I am with you on that one but for 25 years we have had a Government funded agency promoting "contemporary innovative" crafts and everything that fell outside their remit has had no support. HCA was set up to address that issue only after many years campaigning for all crafts to be supported by a single agency.Robin Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540543090007397534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955507870794027120.post-56324139568104099272011-01-07T22:32:54.762+00:002011-01-07T22:32:54.762+00:00To be honest I find both words - "heritage&qu...To be honest I find both words - "heritage" and "contemporary" - equally unappealing as they are so over-used in this business of branding. It seems that everything has to be classified as one or the other! Personally, I would rather just have craft without any qualifiers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com