Professor Billy Theide
Professor of Craft at School of Art+Design
Distinction Between Craft and Studio Art
Professor of Craft at School of Art+Design
Distinction Between Craft and Studio Art
- Rooted in utility and function
- Ceramics, metals
- Fibers- hand woven scarfs made on looms, etc.
- Technically Jewelry
- Explores the different aspects of metal work
- Things you can wear (Jewelry, scarfs, bracelets, Etc.)
- Showed the process of watchmaking. Constructs each individual piece. Works with extremely small pieces.
- Game of Thrones- Constructing the dragon eggs.
- Husband taught at universities there
- Filmmaker asked him to make props for a film in heroshqma
- Needed 12 for 12 takes
- Time on objects takes different amounts of time
- Tells people her art takes "50 years"
- New students make 3 things in a semester
- Consistently works on different things
- You are actually marketable as an adult worker
- Student now working at Juicy Couture