Series Artwork- Idea #1

Have you guys ever heard of wire wrap necklaces?  There really neat and I’ve been fascinated with them for the past few years.  Last winter, I made a couple, and it was really difficult, but the turnout was really cool looking.  Here is a picture of the 2 I made last year.

So, I was thinking that making a few more with charka stones would be a cool piece for my series, then I could maybe photograph them in a cool setting and incorporate photography as well.  I thought that this would classify as art, as it is original, it would require a lot of work, and I would have a final creation of my own at the end of the process.

Also, there could be a lot of symbolism in these necklaces.  For one, the stones I choose will hold a message themselves.  Different cultures have different meanings for different stones, and I would really like to explore what some of those meanings are, and be able to choose these stones accordingly.   Secondly, the way I decide to wrap the wire around the stone could hold a different meaning; I could wrap it tight to represent some sort of confinement, or loosely to represent freedom, I could bend the wire into waves to represent calmness, or storm/fear, or swirls, to represent confusion.  Also, the length of the chain on the necklace could represent how close to the heart one holds that certain value, or message, do they distance themselves from it?  Resulting in a long chain.  Or suffocate themselves with it? Resulting a short chain. Or does it fall somewhere comfortable, in the middle?  This will probably begin to make a little more sense as I start making my necklaces.

But, anyways as I was discussing this idea in class, my teacher brought my attention to an idea.  Is this an art, or a craft?  Is there a difference?  Where is the line drawn of what defines art? What do I define as art?