Browsing by Subject "taidekäsityö"
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(1999)The aim of this study is to survey the meaning of craftmanship in goldsmith occupation. The image of craftmanship is built theoretically as well as researcher's own practical experience. The study describes a dialogue between self-employed goldsmith's everyday work and trade union's opinion. Suomen Kultaseppien Liitto (The Goldsmith Association of Finland) was chosen for the trade union, because it is the biggest, the oldest and the most influential on the occupational area. The research data are volumes 1995 - 1998 of occupational membership journal of Suomen Kultaseppien Liitto. The data analyzed with Adapted Content Analysis and Grounded Theory. The professional occupation of goldsmiths, the role of craftmanship and the future of the occupation are discussed. Additionally, the relationship between the Suomen Kultaseppien Liitto and occupational culture and profession of goldsmiths was studied. Craft and craftmanship is most often discussed in articles related to tradition and education. Craftmanship is understood very idealistically, with little meaning in practical life. St. Eligius and the skill and art of goldsmiths in St Petersburg are raised to symbols of craftmanship. The occupational image is broken and a clear conflict between education and occupation is visible. Education produces artist-craftsmen, while handicraft workers are required in industry, and retailers or specially trained store assistant in business. Computer-aided design and manufacture render handicraft workmanship unnecessary. In a pessimistic view, the future possibilities of the goldsmith occupational profession are dim, because the artist-craftsmen are bound to lose to fast-paced machines. On the other hand, people involved in goldsmith education see the future light, designer-goldsmiths developing the occupational to new dimensions. Suomen Kultaseppien Liitto represents goldsmiths in public. The union, however is governed by non-artisan goldsmiths. The union stresses business attitudes and entrepreneurship, and has succeeded in protecting the privileges of retailers and industry. Goldsmiths profession is seen in the research data as a combination of precious-metal industry, jewellery and watch stores, and a goldsmith shop is considered a specialized giftstore. The goldsmiths occupation is not a profession, and the Suomen Kultaseppien Liitto is not a trade union for artist and craftmen. Accordingly, part of the representative authority of the union could be transferred from the Association to Taidekäsityöläiset Taiko ry, a member of organization of Ornamo. Results of this study show the importance of defining the images of the goldsmith occupational profession and the trade union. The results could be applied to goldsmith education to examine what would be the optimal education and training for present employment opportunities. The important background theories has been the theories of Habermas and Lévi-Strauss.
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(2024)Aim of this study. This qualitative study aims to describe, analyse, and interpret what and how 7-8-year-old children express themselves in their art club during the art handicraft project. The starting point of this art project was a story created by the children. Previous studies show that art education and handicraft provides children space, time and place for self-expression for children. Also, according to previous studies, art-oriented handicraft enables the creator to reflect on their own activities in relation to their work and social environment. My research questions are 1. How expression is seen and heard when a child is doing art handicraft? 2. How playfulness manifests itself in children’s handicraft process? Methods. This child-oriented study observes children’s expression on child-perspective. The data was collected in the spring 2022 at the children's cultural centre in Southern Finland. Four 7–8-year-old children took part of this study. This video-based data was collected during two prearranged meetings. The data includes also field notes. Results and conclusions. Results view the process of the art club practice with the help of examples. Results show how children express themselves verbally and non-verbally during the art handicraft project. The real world and fantasy were intertwined and made visible in the children's expressions: self-made words and trendy reality, everyday life in play, imagination and entertaining was seen in the results. Results show how leisure time art and art handicraft allows children the space, time, place and safe atmosphere to express themselves meaningfully for themselves. Taking the child’s verbal and non-verbal narration into account children make their life visible for adults in their life.
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