Loop
“Everywhere it’s the same, and everywhere it’s different: two hands with five fingers each (and other body parts), and a continuous loop of string”
Over time, Garland is gathering a creative community across the Indo-Pacific. This page is where you can stay in the loop with updates from our Friends and Circle. See here if you would like to be featured in this Loop.
Henna, a traveller of time and tradition - In choosing henna as her medium, Samika Rao must continually re-create her work, reflecting natural cycles.
Cups of memory: Individuals within the collective - Jessica Hemmings is moved by an installation of coffee cups to mark the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide.
Johanna De Maine and Tatsuya Tsutsui ✿ Ukiyo - Our August laurel goes to Johanna De Maine and Tatsuya Tsutsui for the sublime floating world of "Ukiyo".
Vibe-coding versus artisanal programing: AI from a craft perspective - Join in a conversation about a new craft emerging in the wake of AI. 
Without life, there is no tatreez - Wafa Ghnaim, a Palestinian dress historian, reflects on the role tatreez embroidery played in her upbringing and hopes diaspora heirlooms will eventually return to Palestine.
A quilt that said: I exist - Juhi Sharma reflects on her work with the Kalbelia community, denigrated as snake charmers, who have now regained dignity as artisans. 
Nigeria’s festivals are living archives - Emmanuel Solate reflects on how his country's vibrant festivals reinvent cultural citizenship.
Karen Rubado ✿ Examining a life fabric - Viv Davy is intrigued by a textile practice that unravels weaving to reflect life's transience.
Janet DeBoos ✿ From Doctors Flat Road to the world, and back - Ceramicist Janet Deboos has balanced her commitment to her rural community with involvement in global organisations, particularly the International Academy of Ceramics. Her journey reflects questions we all face in balancing home and world.
Shelanu ✿ The immigrant jewellers who adorn Birmingham - Deirdre Figueiredo tells the story of a remarkable collective of migrant and refugee jewellers who, after twenty years, are passing on their skills.
Karin Montgomery ✿ The Camellia Society - Our July Laurel is awarded to Karin Montgomery for her exquisitely crafted paper flora.
Durbar festivals in Nigeria: How Jigawa and Ilorin are rising beyond Kano’s shadow - Emmanuel Solate heralds the revival of the Durbar festival in Kano, northern Nigeria. 
Crochet therapy, with soundtrack - The Russian crochet artist Katika explains how she discovered a craft that helped unravel her emotions.
A journey across land with words and thread - Annette Peterson writes about five textile artists who weave a sensitive exhibition from text and thread.
The robot carver: Assistant or master? - Ancient Future by BIG juxtaposes Bhutanese traditional artisans with programmed robot milling arms. The danger is that we will overlook the value of handmade in our pursuit of efficiency and scale.
The geometry of memory: Persian patterns and diasporic identity - Nazila Keshavarz uses felt to reconnect with her Persian roots.
Timi Lantos ✿ Learning from clay in Japan - Liliana Morais writes about a Hungarian potter who moved to the legendary craft town of Mashiko to learn from its soil and people. 
The question of vegetarian craft - LOkesh Ghai wrestles with the ethical balance between nature and society.
Andrea Barker: Memory of a Shard - Catherine Payne finds archeological resonances in the ceramic works by Andrea Barker.
For earlier posts, see here.