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.
A lost smile: The invisible shoemaker - A touching tribute from LOkesh Ghai of Sanjay, the master shoemaker.
Notes from a Craftsman: Magical moments at hand - Aratrik Devvarman reflects on his homage to the craftspeople in his world.
Angeles Jacobi ✿ Unravelling home - Sara Lindsay reflects on a poignant textile installation that unravels knitted images of home.
The year of the dandelion - To celebrate Garland's 10th year, we have selected the dandelion, a symbol of endurance, as our flower of 2025.
Temple - Visit the temple to step outside the everyday world and contemplate works made as offerings to the ancestors.
The Street - You are invited to stroll along the street to enjoy works that give meaning to our shared world. 
Finding the One Tree: A day in the Whipstick forest - Debra Higgins documents a day in the life of her circular practice, caring for the land that provides her art materials.
OK Google, give us a hand: Craft and the future humanist renaissance - Just as the Industrial Revolution sparked the Arts & Crafts Movement, now the AI Revolution is reigniting interest in handcraft as a way of staying human.
The value of craft in fiction - D Wood describes how craft activates the fictional worlds of "Blue Caftan" and "The Healing Season of Pottery."
Murad Mammadov ✿ Jewels of the Caspian Sea - Our January Laurel goes to an Azerbaijani jeweller who creates delicate beachscapes for personal adornment.
Art on a stem: Floral botanical collage decoupage - Anuradha Sahu describes her patented press dry flower technique that channels the life force of nature.
Beyond the Gallery: 28 January 2025 - The Together Spaces series explored the different creative practices that are realised outside the art gallery. What did we learn from this?
A cry from the heart: Disappearing crafts - LOkesh Ghai returns to Kutch to find a radical decline in the number of artisans practising their traditional crafts.
Investing in the care economy: QR codes on pashmina shawls - How can we tell if a product is authentically handmade, and why does it matter?
What is the value of craft? - The inaugural report on the Value of Craft argues that craft plays a critical role in addressing the challenges of our time.
On the border: Exploring land, identity, and connection through art jewellery - Joani Groenewald presents jewellery in a landscape setting that reflects the fragile connections between people and the environment.
Surabaya style in the Sunshine State - Carla van Lunn heralds the warm browns and calming indigos that Janet Teowarang brings to Queensland.
Dorothy Erickson: Jewellery inspired by light and land - Philippa O'Brien reflects on the extraordinary career of a West Australian jeweller whose work is inspired by a unique natural environment.
For earlier posts, see here.