I like this, but is it "art"? or would it be better called "framed texture"? It's no different than a tiled backsplash or wallpaper, except that it is smaller, framed, and portable.

Bravo on the use of materials and making something that really sets off your ceramics.

it looks lovely, and i am sure it is gracing the room it lives in - but why does everything have to be labled art? it is a lovely ornament, isn't that good enough?

okay, sorry, i didn't see the first post. and do not misunderstand me - i really LIKE it. :-)

This would be nice if it filled a whole wall. I agree that it isn't art.

It isn't art by ya'lls definition... Anyway back to the subject at hand, I think this was an awesome idea and I will be trying it!

People have likely been disagreeing about what constitutes "art" since the first person daubed mud on a cave wall, or whatever. It may or may not be art, but a friend of mine calls just about anything that has no other use but to look good a "decorative element". If it's a useful object that also looks good she says it HAS a "decorative element" but calls it equipment or whatever it's main function happens to be. Life can be simple sometimes, or maybe it just has simple elements?

I *love* this -- but it is not Art. As someone who taught art, and makes art, and was Assistant Curator in an art museum, I really wish the casual use of the word would cease and desist. It won't. But it would be nice if we could be a little more precise and respectful of what it takes to make "real" art, and so differentiate it from "decoration".

But as a textured, patterned wall treatment, this is great, cheap, and why didn't *I* think of it first?! I would use it in my foyer niche or some other small wall, from floor to ceiling. Maybe a lavatory or hall... I can also envision it with one of those colored stains, maybe green...

If Lucio Fontana can make one slash in a canvas and sell it for millions of dollars as fine art, I think making any restrictions on what can be considered "art" is silly.

SHERRYBINNH - why not; as a teacher, Assistant Curator and artist what is art?

What is "*I*"?

@SabrinaTheDestroyer, okay then what is this artist's concept? Even the spash of paint on a canvas by an artist has a concept and that is what differentiates art from decoration.

That said, this is a nice "design."

If the artist intends it to be art, then it is. Deal with it.

Getting to the subject at hand- I could see doing this to an entire wall. I'm looking at you, awkwardly narrow entryway wall!

This is a craft project, not art. Just elaborating on what others have commented.

@CK8GO, this is a luxury yacht, deal with it. If floats and is hand crafted like a luxury yacht.

Does somebody need to go back and watch 'Mona Lisa Smile' again? Anything can be art. Take the shims out of your asses, people. (See what I did there?)

Sherry, here is some simple html so you won't need to resort to "*" ever again. It confused Greg.

If you want to indent a word, type [i] in front of the word you want to indent and [/i] behind it. Except, please replace the brackets with the less than<, greater than > symbols.

@Yonella, right because a Julia Roberts movie dictates what is art. ;)

I like it; good idea. So, if a few were painted instead, or some pieces cut differently it would have been more abstract art? I've seen worse 'art' on a canvas than this 'decorative' piece.

I like it. I'm in the process of covering a wooden box which has seen better days with shims. When it's completed, I'll call it art:)

art: : the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects; also : works so produced

Must every other post here be a semantic battle? Time to grow up, folks. Faiiling that, scroll up & refer to the post from YoNella.