Tracing Mario Merz’s Cono through cultural moments and a relationship to modernity, as well as the hidden elements of craft, creation and the maker’s labour, which are all deeply woven into this wicker structure…
… Mario Merz’s Cono: The hidden power of craft
Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz offers backstage access inside the ballet studio…
… Save Me the Waltz: A peek inside the ballet studio
Interiors such as those of Gayfere House offer a valuable example of the interior as a custom-made, crafted space which took its inhabitant as its starting point…
… Impression Management: Mrs. Ashley’s Gayfere House
Behind each memorialisation practice, artists must consider the ethical implications of depicting violence without reproducing it…
… Behind the memorial: Teresa Margolles & Jason deCaires Taylor
To focus on failure to overcome the limitations of the stage is actually to fail to see possibility…
… Book Review: Performing The Unstageable
As the Zoom calls continue to loom – too everyday now to even joke about – does craft have the power to keep us connected? Or, what’s more, does craft have the power to model new forms of connection that offer respite from the ‘always on’ socio-economic demands of late-capitalist life?
… Editorial #11 – Care, Craft, and Community
Drawing on personal experience and folkloric myths, Anna Perach uses a traditional craft technique called tufting to create wearable sculptures that come to life during performances in front of a live audience.
… A Creative Conversation: Stéphanie Ruth & Anna Perach
‘C19 Text Talk’ is a hand-embroidered diary, comprised of 50 text works, made over a period of 100 days since the enforcement of the UK lockdown on the 23rd March 2020.
… Emily Grimble, C19 Text Talk (2020)
Rubina Singh explores the links between crafting, family history, place and rebellion…
… Crafting Resistance and Resilience
Find out more about Sicgmone Kludje & Vea Koranteng’s knitting club…
… Spotlight: Black Girl Knit Club
Leila Vilarrubi asks Christie Brown how lockdown has impacted the process of sculpting…
… Ceramics in Lockdown: An interview with Christie Brown
‘Mother Material’ was made by the British, Madrid-based artist Barbara Long in response to the declining health of Long’s mother, Joan.
… Mother Material: Handle with Care
Veiled Voices 2020 is an inclusive community embroidery project, which invites women across the UK to come together and explore perceptions of Hijab wearing in Britain, with the aim of creating understanding and friendship.
… Spotlight: Veiled Voices 2020
Exploring the role craft played at the The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp
… On the Fence: Crafting Resistance at Greenham Common
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