Author(s)

Fang Wu ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
² Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, Shanghai, China

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ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on the modern transformation and creative development of urban handicrafts. Since handicrafts that reflect the style of different times and serve the human society, the development of handicrafts is regarded as a “historical intermediate.” The paper explores the nature of handicrafts and the possible combination with modern design from the historical comparison of rural handicrafts and urban industry. It firstly analyzes the important role of the media, techniques, and themes contained in the language of handicrafts. Then it interprets them from the three aspects of material basis, core skills, and identification models. It is clarified that the modern transformation of urban handicrafts needs to understand and follow the original language of traditional handicrafts as a prerequisite, and then realize the creative reconstruction of handicrafts language. The paper looks at the integration and development of urban handicrafts and modern design from an open perspective. Craftsmen are becoming an alliance of artists and designers in the creative community. They explore the development of urban handicrafts through composite media creation, handicraft improvement, and theme program innovation. The new aesthetic direction interprets the modern design concept of handicraft culture.

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Fang Wu. Research on the Creative Transformation of Urban Handicrafts in the Context of Modern Design. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 38-48. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030107

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