Appreciation Guidance Methods for Crafts and Industrial Products:

An Appreciation Survey of Fans among Fifth-Grade and Junior High School Students

Abstract

This paper examines methods for teaching the appreciation of crafts and industrial products, and proposes methods to guide their appreciation. As crafts and industrial products have aesthetic and utility aspects, they are appreciated differently from works without utility aspects, such as paintings and sculptures. I administered a fan appreciation survey to fifth-grade and junior high school students, and found that practical works such as fans, unlike paintings and sculptures, tend to be regarded as entities rather than images. As a method of teaching appreciation, it was suggested that the viewer grasp the substance of the craft or industrial product and then imagine a scene suitable for using it. By doing so, the aesthetic and utility aspects of the work are fused, allowing its aesthetic value to be appreciated.