The school of craft

Abstract

A certain amount of care is inferred with the thought of craftsmanship. With a decline in craftsmanship in today’s society, the care and thoughtfulness inherent in the skill of making objects are gradually being replaced by the "ready-made" and the immediate. In order to reverse this trend we must educate the children, teach them the love of craft and making. The children must learn that care and its resultant lasting product are important. To help preserve the care for making lasting and significant things, I have chosen as my thesis to design a school of craft where children are to gain such knowledge. My hope is to design a space which is expressive of the ideas of craftsmanship using the knowledge of today’s technology.