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You want to write, you have to write, and you want to inform and shower others with your brilliance…

Here’s your chance to do so, by becoming a regular contributor to Fine Estate Sales Super Blog of the Informed…

We are looking for you:

1. If you have writing experience.
2. Have some sort of vintage, antiques, or collectibles expertise.
3. Want to inform or educate others.

Let me make the benefits of writing and contributing to this site very obvious:

It’s about the Traffic – the people who want to know about you will find you here, and once they do, because of links contained in your articles and contributors page – these people will finally find you on the net. You’ll do more business, gain greater prestige, and be able to cite writers credits…

A lot of sites that have contributors, either don’t offer link backs at all, or they make it so difficult, most writers think “Why Bother?”

Not so with our site, we believe in reciprocity…

Here are the subjects we are wanting writers for.

Costume or Fine Vintage Jewelry, Taxco, Vintage Clothing, Sterling Silver, Arts and Crafts, Art Pottery, Vintage Watches, Mid Century, Antique Furniture, The Whole Paris Apartment Community, Shabby Chic, Old Posters, Fine Art, Outsider Art, Mantiques, Cottage Antiques and so on…

Let Us Know If You Are Interested…send an email to: martin at finesf.com

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I just finished reading Jon Sutter’s post titled, “Contemporary Craft: Non-Functional or Dysfunctional?”, and I was immediately set to pondering. In his brief essay, he discusses the all but dead state of craft in our society. He notes, “The California Academy of Craft” dropping the “Craft” from their title, and the “American Craft Museum’s” complete name change to “Museum of Art and Design,” as examples of craft’s death. What happened? How did craft get a bad rap? When did the term “Fine craftsmanship” get replaced by “superior design?”

Sutter argues that “…Aesthetic choices in art are wholly suffused with the economic circumstances of life.” This truth is easy to explain. “Craft” defined as objects made by hand, blood and sweat, cannot easily compete with those that are mass produced and cost effective. An exquisite dress hand sewn with love cannot compete with a major clothier producing similar items. A gorgeous hand detailed picture book is unlikely to be sold at Taschen’s prices. Production is what makes or breaks the crafter. What we desire most of all, the elegantly hand touched details, are what we can not afford.

What I make is rarely for sale. Craft for me is a creative way to spice up my house, wardrobe, bookshelves, and day to day life. So for me this discussion has been (gratefully) an engagement in intellect and emotion rather than pocketbook. Thank You