About Redefining Craft
Redefining Craft was a blog that was active from June 2004 until the Fall of 2008. The site was created by Dennis Stevens and it primarily focused upon articulating the different ways in which art, craft and design communities create and exchange meaning.
When Dennis created the site, he was working as the ceramics and glass technician at San Jose State University and also pursuing a masters degree in instructional technology. Shortly after starting the site, Dennis had the privilege of chronicling the emergence of the D.I.Y. craft movement, along with a few other early craft bloggers.
In 2006, Dennis relocated to New York City to complete his doctor of education degree (Ed.D.) at Teachers College, Columbia University. In 2010, Dennis completed his doctorate and subsequently, he is now developing a branded, video content stream for the web which will engage a politically-progressive audience in conversations about meaning making in American politics.
For research and reference purposes, RedefiningCraft.com has been archived and published in .pdf format on January 26th, 2012; the document URL is: http://redefiningcraft.dennisstevens.net/archive/rdc.pdf
- The Redefining Craft Archive
The Redefining Craft Archive by Dennis Stevens is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at redefiningcraft.dennisstevens.net.
Additionally, here are a few of Dennis’ previously published works on craft:
Validity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Mapping Craft Communities of Practice published in Extra/ordinary: Craft and contemporary art, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011, edited by Maria Elena Buszek.
DIY: Revolution 3.0-Beta, American Craft Magazine October/November 2009.
The Paradox of Craft: Tugging at the heartstrings of capitalism, Studio Potter Magazine, Winter 2007.
Nouvelle Nuptials, Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine, June 2006
Craft’s New Tomorrow: A Case for Technology in Craft Based Education , Studio Potter Magazine, June 2004
Coincidentia Oppositorium: The Art of Susan Beiner , Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine, December 2003
Say You’d Rather Not Have a Revolution? , Ceramics Monthly Magazine, June/July August 2003