# It's a Craft fair, Dammit! (Uniquely Ann Arbor Rant)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 17, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-craft-fair-dammit-uniquely-ann-arbor-rant/189164 "2003-07-17T15:30:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-craft-fair-dammit-uniquely-ann-arbor-rant/189164/21 "2003-07-18T17:21:35Z")

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um… do they sell cheese there?

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**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-craft-fair-dammit-uniquely-ann-arbor-rant/189164/22 "2003-07-18T17:42:24Z")

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I do respect folk art, **Mr. Chance** - clearly by your own description it’s a genre that requires time and effort for mastery. My quibble is with insta-art and cookiecutter approaches. I say, if you could give the supplies to 10 willing adults and have 8 of them reproduce it themselves on the spot, then it ain’t worth celebrating.

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-craft-fair-dammit-uniquely-ann-arbor-rant/189164/23 "2003-07-18T18:43:57Z")

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Scarlett, I’ll just bet your stuff is lovely. A lot of folks in my office do beadwork, although we’re all total amateurs. Last year at a special Gift Mart (a little more high-end) I bought a wonderful crazy bold bracelet from a bead artist.

I also take back part of my original comment. I just got back from the part of the Art Fair that is on State Street, the one run by the Michigan guild, and there were a lot of craft-fair type folk there. Candles, inexpensive ceramics, etc.

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