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boygirlpartay
Make Magazine recently announced their forthcoming sister publication, CRAFT, dedicated to the contemporary craft renaissance and the crafters who craft it. As a promotion, they invited their future audience to get involved by incorporating the magazine logo into their crafts and entering them into a contest. The four winning …
samuraicowboy
Ive only crafted with my main char so far, and Ive only really worked on black/goldsmithing because, well because thats what I wanna do.
Is it just me or is it really hard to raise the smithing skills? ive been crafting my ass off and IM only at 4/2 (respectively) …
Is it just me or is it really hard to raise the smithing skills? ive been crafting my ass off and IM only at 4/2 (respectively) …
tofubot:
2 hints for you.
1)always sacrafice that 30 gil for advanced synthesis.
2)make the items that the person who gives you the advanced synth help tells you to.
also out of the other 2 people in the guild room there's one that will give you easy crap to make, but if you make it it wont raise your level. the other one has a chance of raising your synth level. here's the list.
bastok blacksmith: hugues
sand'oria blacksmith: pinok-morok
goldsmithing: wulfnoth
caprentry: amarefice
boneworking: ronana
alchemy: titus
weavers: nikkoko
leatherworking: kipopo
cooking: jacodaut
hope that helps... but reguardless of who you talk to and craft, it's still a really random occurance that takes a whooooole lotta gil to really get into for raising your craft levels. but juat keep working till you get to novice. that's when your craft starts paying for its own expenses usually.
tofu "
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1)always sacrafice that 30 gil for advanced synthesis.
2)make the items that the person who gives you the advanced synth help tells you to.
also out of the other 2 people in the guild room there's one that will give you easy crap to make, but if you make it it wont raise your level. the other one has a chance of raising your synth level. here's the list.
bastok blacksmith: hugues
sand'oria blacksmith: pinok-morok
goldsmithing: wulfnoth
caprentry: amarefice
boneworking: ronana
alchemy: titus
weavers: nikkoko
leatherworking: kipopo
cooking: jacodaut
hope that helps... but reguardless of who you talk to and craft, it's still a really random occurance that takes a whooooole lotta gil to really get into for raising your craft levels. but juat keep working till you get to novice. that's when your craft starts paying for its own expenses usually.
tofu "
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ch0psh0p
So many people bash craft, and why? The worst part is that it is mostly the "artists" that do it. Why is function so horrible? Is it so bad if the things we use everyday are badass? I think not. I have a lot to say about this, but I …
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ch0psh0p:
Craft is not art, but is that to say craft is a lesser creative form? I don't think so. Craft has obtained a stigma, and thats why people take offence, it is not what people say it is how it is said. People who make craft are not artisans automatically; many artists make both non-funtional and funtional work. Is that person a artisan on monment and an artist the next? This is not to say that there is no need for distintion, beacuse they do fill diffrent roles overall, but then again they also overlap a great deal.
captevil:
ch0psh0p said:
Craft is not art, but is that to say craft is a lesser creative form? I don't think so. Craft has obtained a stigma, and thats why people take offence, it is not what people say it is how it is said.
Words only carry the meaning we allow. If artisans, tradespeople, and craftspeople allow our work to be treated as lesser goods it's our own fault. If we want respect in the Art World we need to earn it. Personally I couldn't care less what other people want to call me or my work, but I can easily see why it's a big deal to a lot of people.
People who make craft are not artisans automatically; many artists make both non-funtional and funtional work. Is that person an artisan one monment and an artist the next? This is not to say that there is no need for distintion, beacuse they do fill diffrent roles overall, but then again they also overlap a great deal.
For sure, dividing craft from art is a thick, fuzzy grey line full of wiggle room, but the line is there and artisans pretending it isn't doesn't help anything.
