Garland Magazine

The stories behind
what we make

Treasures from Marege: Yolŋu-Makassan trade today

Diane Moon and Will Stubbs describe the exchange between Yolŋu and Makassan cultures that continues after their trade was banned.

Embroidering pugholes

Sera Waters describes how her embroidery brings to the surface the holes dug during settlement that remained as wounds on the landscape.

Martin Hill and Philippa Jones: Encircling the world

Alasdair Foster writes about the New Zealand duo that crafts emblematic shapes from the landscape to be captured by the camera.

Assegai: A spear of light across the Indian Ocean

Adam Markowitz reflects on the origins of his pendant light and why he decided to give it a Zulu name.

 

Featured Articles

From Issue 27: Estuary

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Omar Musa blends words and the wood carving of Borneo to explore beauty, rage and history

Kevin Brophy describes how Omar Musa blends words and the wood carving of Borneo to explore beauty, rage and history

by Kevin Brophy

The Svord Peasant Knife: Thanks to “Heavenly Blue Sky”

Bryan Baker recounts the day a Czech master arrived at his door and passed on the secrets that would enable him to develop the knife that is sold by hundreds of thousands around the world.

by Bryan Baker

Garrapara: Deep waters and the cycle of life and death 

Will Stubbs writes how Gunybi Ganambarr uses leftover building insulation to represent the cycle of life and death in salt and fresh water.

by Will Stubbs

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello’s Freshwater Saltwater Weave

Mel George writes about Jenni Kemarre Martiniello's glass works that transmogrify ancient fibre forms.

by Mel George

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The Sensorium Series in 2023

In 2023, the Garland platform will host a series of issues on taste, sound, smell and touch that help us "reconnect" with the world and expand the identity of craft beyond "visual" art.

How to join a Kooch migration today

Saman Qazvinin and Yeganeh Shokrollahi take us on an odyssey with Bakhtiari nomads, courtesy of IRANomad

Glenn Adamson ✿ Material Intelligence and the scientific turn

Glenn Adamson speaks about a craft publication project that focuses on four materials a year and seeks to engage a scientific readership.

Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan: Learning by doing

D Wood reviews Christine Guth’s Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan and finds fascinating detail about the elaborate world of makers.

From Aotearoa to Uzbekistan: New Zealand in the Zar Festival of Gold, Bukhara

Finn McCahon-Jones feels the vibe from New Zealand makers who participated in an epic celebration of opulence in Central Asia.

Bren Luke ✿ Life at a distance

Our August laurel is awarded to Bren Luke for his poignant animated illustration of a streetscape in Japan, which invokes the concept of ma, negative space, to reflect the era of social distancing.

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Current Exhibitions

Highlights from our calendar

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Victoria Manganiello: Material Technology
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
14 June - 26 August 2022
Bic Tieu: Objects In-between
UNSW Galleries (Sydney)
18 June - 14 August 2022
Liz Williamson: Weaving Eucalypts Project
UNSW Galleries (Sydney)
18 June - 14 August 2022
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Geelong Art Space (Geelong)
24 June - 27 August 2022
Beeing
Craft ACT (Canberra)
7 July - 27 August 2022
Storymakers in Contemporary Art
Japan Foundation (Sydney)
29 July - 28 January 2023
"Hello Death, Where Have You Been All My Life?"
The Center for Craft (Asheville, North Carolina)
30 July - 16 September 2022
Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award
Australian Design Centre (Sydney)
4 August - 28 September 2022

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