Handmadeness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being handmade. uncountable
"Ladouceur is one of a group of Canadian artists, including former members of Winnipeg's Royal Art Lodge, whose primary medium is drawing and whose work is marked by "lowbrow" sensibilities, a Dadaistic fondness for absurdity, small-scale handmadeness, and imagery that seems to spring, surreal and unfettered, directly from the unconscious. Such work stands in pendulum-swing opposition to the large-scale, theory-driven, photo-based work of the previous generation."
Example
More examples"Ladouceur is one of a group of Canadian artists, including former members of Winnipeg's Royal Art Lodge, whose primary medium is drawing and whose work is marked by "lowbrow" sensibilities, a Dadaistic fondness for absurdity, small-scale handmadeness, and imagery that seems to spring, surreal and unfettered, directly from the unconscious. Such work stands in pendulum-swing opposition to the large-scale, theory-driven, photo-based work of the previous generation."
Etymology
From handmade + -ness.
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