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.
Melinda Capp ✿ Jewellery squared - Mem Capp writes about her identical twin sister, Melinda Capp, whose finely hammered jewellery work evokes reflection and doubles.
Kate Fitzharris ✿ The Good Egg - Kate Fitzharris is our October laurel for delicate ceramic works that poignantly care for our fragile world.
Sahlah Davids: Amatie - Jessica Hemmings reviews an exhibition about the material culture of the Cape Malay.
Saved by a glitch - The camaraderie that followed a breakdown of technology reminds us why craft is so important in our world today.
Syldyr: Astana’s first exhibition of conceptual jewellery - “Syldyr” presents the first exhibition of conceptual jewellery in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital.
Korean Maedeup: A culture of knots - A recent exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre Australia, in collaboration with the National Folk Museum of Korea, displayed the intricate beauty of knots.
Iranian aesthetics: Monarchy, religion and modernism - As part of Reinventing the Wheel, Roohollah Shamsizadeh will present a unique framework for Iranian applied and visual arts.
Michele Elliot: A handful of chillies - Lisa Pang reviews an exhibition of textile works that reflect the threads of life.
Contact Zone: A symposium on post-humanism in Iranian material arts - A recent symposium at Aria Gallery, Tehran, brought thinkers together in a discussion about material thinking.
The ivory tower needs a bridge - Universities are becoming an increasingly important space for culture and creativity, but the results need to be tested in the world outside.
Leanne Wicks: A Knitted Bird Told Me - According to Pamela See, Leanne Wicks’ knitted birds have much to tell about the impact of European settlement
Perdita Phillips ✿ Structural grotto - Our August laurel goes to Perdita Phillips for a cardboard grotto that beautifully frames an exhibition of geological finds.
Concurrencies: where the exact and the fragile converge - Mags Webster finds poetry in the marine jewellery of Tineke Van der Eecken.
A day in the life of a drum maker - Matt Stonehouse shares his day as a drum maker in rural Victoria.
We’re in it together: The making of Maree Clarke’s glass canoe - Maree Clarke's generous acknowledgement of the glassblowers who made her work challenges us to question why makers are so often anonymous in artists' works.
Kampoeng launch in Surabaya - Garland will launch its special Garden of Stories feature about Indonesian craft on 29 July 2024. 
Kampoeng ✿ Stories from Indonesia - You are welcome to the Kampoeng where you can explore the creativity and communal spirit of work made in Indonesia.
Piña weaving and climate change in Kalibo - Simon Ellis finds that piña weaving not only preserves a priceless cultural heritage but also mitigates the impact of climate change and flooding in downtown Kalibo.
Leonie Oakes ✿ Slippage - Leonie Oakes has been awarded our July Laurel for her paper dress that breathes.
Farid Abu Shakra ✿ GROUND? - The curator Shlomit Bauman and the artist Farid Abu Shakra seek a common humanity.
For earlier posts, see here.