Arts and Crafts

Or "Arts and Craps" as my dad would call them. When did they become a staple in our lives? I'm not referring to work from other time periods such as the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th Century but rather the modern creative endeavors of housewives, the elderly, children, and the mentally challenged.

When did "homemade" become synonymous with bad design and aesthetics? Are these pieces creative in anyway? When it gets to the point where someone can't even identify what the object is supposed to resemble or what purpose it serves, can we still refer to it as either an art or a craft?