Garland Magazine
The stories behindwhat we make
Featured Articles
From Issue 24: Boteh
Nidhi Agrawal documents the dynamic potter's community in Mumbai's enterprising Dharavi neighbourhood.
Were netsuke originally from China? Helen Ting discovers an endearing collection of Chinese belt toggles.
Rahayu Budhi Handayani reveals the production process of creative Indonesian artisans and shoemakers.
Reflecting on his experience commissioning kāvads, Ishan Khosla writes about what a global pandemic can teach us about new ways of working with craftspeople.
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With recent news
Our November laurel is bestowed on a fabric printer in the Blue Mountains who produced painted objects where thoughts could dwell during the pandemic.
Rudee Tancharoen shares the lost wax casting work made with the village of Baan Pa-Ao for the sake of staying in touch with a grounded way of life.
Kiran Chitara shares his ancient textile craft that rescues culture and fortune from destruction.
Embie Tan Aren writes about Pulp Friction, an exhibition at Queensland's Artisan gallery of paper works by Pamela See, Christine Ko and Yanqiao Jiang.
Our Reinventing the Wheel series turns to the changing definitions of craft in France and China. Forrest Pelsue and Xu Wu discuss their articles in the current Journal of Modern Craft.
Mohammad Ali Sajjadi writes about the Iranian architectural forms that he honours on his potter's wheel.
Let's meet on the Garland platform:
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Our Reinventing the Wheel series continues on 8 December
Current Exhibitions
Highlights from our calendar
Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible in Western North Carolina
The Center for Craft (Asheville, North Carolina)
6 September - 7 January 2022
HOMEBOUND – the things that kept me safe
Bridget Kennedy Projectspace (Sydney)
28 September - 31 December 2021
Transformation: Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre annual members exhibition
Craft ACT (Canberra)
29 October - 14 December 2021
Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2021
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
8 November - 17 December 2021
Upcoming Talks
- 2021 Peter Dormer Lecture: Mònica Gaspar
6 December, 18:00 (London)
Royal College of Art
Re-emergence: Complexity Yarns with Indigenous Thinkers - Yarn 3 Registration, Wed 08/12/2021 at 7:00 am | Eventbrite
7 December 8pm (UK time)
Cynefin
Craft - Radical or conservative? Lessons from French and Chinese history
8 December, 9pm (Beijing)
Garland
Knowledge Weaving Laboratory: The environmental value of craft
14 December, 6pm (Melbourne)
Future Major Events
- Indian Ocean Craft Triennial
1 Sep 2021 - 30 Nov 2021
Perth, Western Australia
Design Canberra presents Nurture
5 Nov 2021 - 28 Nov 2021
Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre
Kogei Art Fair in Kanazawa
26 Nov 2021 - 28 Nov 2021
Kanazawa, Japan
String Figures Festival
27 Nov 2021 - 28 Nov 2021
Web
3rd International Conference on Recent Trends and Sustainability in Crafts & Design
29 Nov 2021 - 3 Dec 2021
Online, Jaipur, India
Clay Gulgong
11 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021
Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
NY Now
6 Feb 2022 - 9 Feb 2022
New York, USA
American Craft Made / Baltimore
11 Feb 2022 - 13 Feb 2022
Baltimore Convention Center
Pottery Expo
26 Feb 2022 - 27 Feb 2022
Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia
A diamond in the rough: Developing a discourse on contemporary African jewellery
30 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2022
Johannesburg, South Africa
Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival & Melbourne Ikebana Container Award Exhibition
10 Sep 2022 - 11 Sep 2022
Rosina, Abbotsford Convent and Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
3rd Craftistanbul Handicraft Fair 2022
5 Oct 2022 - 9 Oct 2022
Istanbul, Turkey
Ausglass & NZSAG conference
3 Feb 2023 - 5 Feb 2023
Melbourne, Australia