Art or Craft?

Above is a recently begun work of cut paper. I wanted to show my working method, which is just to cut without any prescibed lines. It looks easy if you're just looking at what's left. But what I'm really doing is cutting away negative space leaving what look like lines behind. Sometimes I have to cut triangles that are no bigger than a millimeter. It takes an intense concentration to see where everything's going.  But I have to ask myself, "Is this an art, or is it merely a craft?" Many artists, especially those with big egos, look down on craft as somehow not intellectual enough. My idea of what separates art from craft comprises two things: Art has an emotional element that craft usually doesn't. And Art cannot be replicated whereas craft can be made again and again. So, yes, with great effort this piece could be replicated, but so could the Mona Lisa. And does this piece have an emotional element? That's a bit harder. I'm not thinking emotionally when I make these cuttings. It is purely intellectual. But the idea of beauty is ever-present, so in that sense, I guess it is emotional. Is it more than just a decoration? Again, I'm not sure it has to be. But it is not merely made for the eye - if that were the case I would certainly draw things out first and make sure I had a beautiful composition. But these pieces go straight from my gut to the paper - it's about the beauty I feel in living. It's about the joy of being a thinking, sentient being. It's a celebration of all the years I've spent studying art and art history. It's funny, when I paint, I have the whole of art history to carry on my shoulders. It informs every stroke I make. But when I cut, I am free of that yoke. It is a totally new means of expression for me. Sure, people have cut paper as long as there has been paper. But no one's ever done this quite like I'm doing it. In that it is unique and not reproduceable. So, though I don't know where to place it in the annals of art history, I suppose it is art.