Thursday, Oct 11 2007
Cross Stitch 8:50 am
This week’s SBQ was suggested by yours truly
and is:
What for you means to achieve mastery as a stitcher?
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Happy Stitching!
Renée
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There are a few “aspects toward mastery” in my view.
1. The skill - one masters more and more complex and challenging designs.
The understanding - linked with skill, because it is impossible to pass through advanced challenges without putting some thinking and develop understanding - not only how, but why something is done the way it is. The difference between average and advanced stitcher would be that the first is just employing hands and the second is also employing some gray matter toward the project.
2. The attitude
One’s attitude to what he’s doing. Is it just a hice hobby that can also help interact with other people or even play cool (tons of dollies and blinkies can help achieve that, no matter that it will distract so much from the initial topic that some would wonder is this person actually stitching or just happily jumping around). The opposite is a more serious perception of the craft beyond hobby, having deeper roots in one’s life and activities. A person may not be doing it for a living, still their living to contain this, too.
3. The Sensing
The Sensing simply means to have True Sight. A person sees Art in a piece, and also he distinguishes when there’s no Art but mere scratching of the surface, or rubbish. This is same as a good ear in music. IMO the ratio of stitchers with such “true sight” is around 1: 30 or even bigger. Few distinguish between “melodic” designs and rubbish. But aesthetic accessment in my opinion can be learned, if of course a person wants to.
So, to achieve these three levels means to achieve mastery.
) It is best if they come from the same designer, or have a similar style, though blending 2 or 3 is possible.
