craft+design enquiry Journals

Craft Australia created the online journal craft+design enquiry before it was defunded by the then Australia Council. These journals are still available free online with papers covering making, sustainability and migratory practices to name a few. There are 7 issues that can be down loaded free or can be printed on demand at a reasonable cost.

Cover image: Urban Metabolism Series, Melbourne, 2009, referenced in the paper ‘Jewellery, the urban milieu and emergence’, by Jacqui Chan. Cover of issue 5, edited by Suzie Attwill.

Photograph: Jacqui Chan

craft + design enquiry is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal promoting and disseminating research excellence generated by and about the craft and design sector. craft + design enquiry investigates the contribution that contemporary craft and design makes to society, establishing a dialogue between craft and design practice and cultural, social and environmental concerns. It includes submissions from across the field of craft and design from artists and practitioners, curators, historians, art and cultural theorists, educationalists, museum professionals, philosophers, scientists and others with a stake in the future developments of craft and design. Free online Journals

The delight of embroidery now 2018 Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale

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Famory Workshop

In 2018 I travelled to China for the inaugural 2018 Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, launched in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. It was an important event supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China with many local and national government, cultural and industry figures attending.
Valerie Kirk 

There was a grand opening ceremony with the golden glitter of the “long bar” ritual, symposium, formal dinners, exhibitions and workshop visits. The exhibitions featured works under three topics, “Life & Fashion”, “Inheritance & Rejuvenation”, and “Integration & Transcendence”, and they continued until January 5 2019. Over 300 designers from 13 countries, including China, Australia (Valerie Kirk, Ema Shin, Sera Waters and Jane Theau), Poland, Denmark, Germany, South Korea, the Netherlands, Canada, USA, Norway, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland were represented.

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Garland is a platform for thoughtful writing about beautiful objects made today across the Indo-Pacific. Launched in 2015, Garland is produced by the World Crafts Council – Australia, a national entity of the World Crafts Council – Asia Pacific. 
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