crossing the line

There is an area of overlap between art and craft. It's an interesting area of discussion, finding that defining point.

These wonderful papercraft structures, if made by following a pattern, in my opinion would be craft. But as the maker has designed them as well, surely that is fine art? Check out the A4 Paper Cut on line gallery of Peter Callesen and scroll to the bottom to read what he says about his work.

His website is full and well worth exploring. The works convey more than skill; there is metaphor, symbolism, social comment... I particularly liked the large work entitled "Human Ruin". (If this link doesn't take you there go to the large scale papercut section of the website and scroll down to it).

Today I am grateful for artists who make me think.