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[tephra]

A deviantART related micro-rant:

Attention artists, "furnacework" is a category for pieces that have been intimate with kilns, or torches (or even ovens, according to dA). Your fursuits, plushies, and woodworks don't belong in this category (try "textiles" or "woodworking").

This micro-rant inspired by the attempt to find a particular item I saw once before that should perhaps have been in "sculpture" but would also fit in "furnacework".

Comments

[athelind.livejournal.com]

I've seen some fursuits and woodworks that belong in a furnace.

[tephra]

Indeed. What gets me most wound up about the rampant abuse of categories on deviantART is that at every stage of choosing the category there is a description of what belongs there. And, if that weren't enough, when you get to the end of that there's a complete summary. It's not like it's some default setting that you have to clear out, it's an integral part of submitting images.

Think I used enough emphasis to express my irritation? :)