How to treat modern handicrafts?

The word "craft" has multiple meanings, one of which is a special craft skill, especially many categories of handicraft art. Modern handicraft is a form and concept relative to traditional handicraft. "Modernity" refers to a concept of time: our "tradition" is the "modernity" of the ancients, and our "modernity" will eventually become the "tradition" of future generations. Modernity is a constantly changing concept in the process of modernization under the conditions of modern social economy, production conditions, environmental atmosphere, lifestyle and fashion culture. Therefore, modern handicraft should be said to be a modern form of traditional handicraft. China's traditional handicrafts have a long and splendid history and occupy an important position in the whole history of China's cultural and artistic development. In the development of cultural history, art history and design history, handicraft is one of the main contents running through it. After the reform and opening up, with the prosperity and development of culture and art, design art and handicraft art, public space and living space began to be enriched, design aesthetics and artistic concepts evolved and updated, and a large number of new materials and technologies appeared, which promoted the transformation of traditional handicrafts into modern forms and was accepted by the public. At present, China's handicraft industry is still in a weak state, lacking systematic business communication, overall academic guidance and the environment for its own development. To develop handicrafts, in addition to the attention of the government and the concern of all walks of life, universities should also shoulder important historical responsibilities. We know that ceramics, glass, fiber art and other majors have a certain position in the world, but in China's art colleges, with the rise and wide application of modern design, handicrafts are almost forgotten, and the majors are shrinking instead of developing. Faced with this situation, our colleges and universities should re-examine themselves, reposition their handicrafts and strengthen the development of modern handicrafts. On the basis of the original Arts and Crafts Department, our school has integrated all the professional directions of handicrafts and established the Modern Handicraft College, which is rare in China. What we have to do now is to build hardware facilities-to build a high-level laboratory. Generally speaking, students majoring in handicrafts spend most of their time in laboratories, studios and workshops, and need to experiment, create and experience in person. We oppose the purely metaphysical theory on paper, and pay more attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability and creative ability. Of course, the skill training of handicraft specialty depends not only on handwork, but also on computer-aided design, but also on process materials, process means and process ideas to complete the work. In recent years, the teaching mode and syllabus of handicraft specialty have been gradually adjusted according to social needs, and at the same time, well-known professors from all over the country have been hired to teach. Because our country needs high-quality artistic talents, and needs professionals in manual arts. Handicraft is widely used, ranging from home decoration to urban public facilities, as well as the development of works of art and tourism products in star-rated hotels. It can be said that it is needed in all aspects of life. I hope the students can solve the deeper original problems in their study. Regarding the direction of professional development, we have always advocated independent innovation. In various design industries, our school has trained a large number of outstanding designers for the society for more than 30 years. In fact, the university didn't bring them much professional knowledge, but mainly cultivated a concept, basic skills and technical ideas, and established a platform for them to show their independent innovation. I think it is more important to understand professional ideas than to master professional knowledge during the four years of college. For college students, we should treat professional problems correctly. Everything should be open-minded, long-term, build confidence and build professional awareness based on long-term development. No matter which major you study, fundamentally speaking, it depends on whether you have the ability to master your major. Modern handicraft is between tradition and modernity, with both artistic and technical elements. The creation and production of handicrafts should be a workshop form. Strictly speaking, its final form of expression is "art" rather than "mass production". At present, traditional handicraft skills and works are gradually decreasing. However, with the development of China's economy and the improvement of people's living standards, handicrafts will become more and more important and become a necessity in people's cultural life. Therefore, we should strengthen the modern consciousness of handicraft, and push the handicraft art from the traditional form to the modern craft, which not only retains the essence of handicraft, but also gives the significance of contemporary art innovation. Inheritance and innovation is an eternal proposition, the so-called tradition is the essence of cultural accumulation, and the so-called innovation is the integration and re-creation on the basis of tradition. Learning from tradition should also follow certain artistic laws. Only by following the laws of art can innovation be recognized by everyone and accumulated to form a "tradition". Therefore, tradition is the inheritance of innovation, and innovative things will gradually become traditions. Objectively speaking, due to the government's increasing attention to traditional culture, the whole society's enthusiasm and concern for craftsman spirit is the best period in history. The status of modern handicrafts in society is becoming more and more clear, and I believe it is correct for students to choose to study handicrafts. The root of this self-confidence is not our perceptual blindness and arrogance, but the law of artistic development. At present, the industrialized mode of production has created a miracle of mass consumption, but it also inhibits people's pursuit of personalized goods. Cheap, practical and beautiful industrial products are manufactured in piles. Everyone can have an identical commodity, and everyone can enjoy rich material civilization, which promotes the spread of fashion. However, large-scale industrial production has not only destroyed handicrafts, but also brought them new life. Personalized design will be revived after industrialization, and even as in the manual age, consumers will need designers to provide one-on-one services. Modern people's way of life is inseparable from science and technology, but science and technology itself is not omnipotent. We also need the diversity of material civilization to come from self-improvement and self-mediation, and we also need to correctly treat the existence value of industrial products and handicrafts. The development of industry has left a huge development space for handicrafts, and this dialectical relationship determines the future of handicrafts. It can be said that the employment prospect of modern handicraft specialty is relatively broad, depending on what kind of value orientation students take.