Another way of saying this is, "A
turning isn't art, but might be the canvas for art." I disagree.

As do I. But that said, it is a serious error, I think, to try to define art
in the sense of requiring that it meet specification 'x' or 'y'.

I wasn't defining it as this or that. There is an old saying in the art biz: A
person who makes something is the only one who can call it 'art.' The rest of
us just get to say how well he/she succeeded.

Dan