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Enjoy our latest issue ✿ To Hear

Sensing resonance: Interview with Marikuku Wirrpanda yiḏaki maker

Marikuku Wirrpanda and János Kerekes introduce the yiḏaki (didgeridoo) of Northeast Arnhem Land and give us insight into the skills and knowledge involved in the creation of this important Australian Aboriginal instrument.

Rongoāoro: The healing sounds of Taonga Pūoro

Karen Leef explains the profound meaning of the Māori wind instrument she plays, the kōauau.

Manchay P’uytu del Mapocho: A proposal to decolonise listening

Francisca Gili explores the musical legend of a bone flute played inside a ceramic vessel. How was it made and what did it mean?

A gift of song from the valley

Maria Fernanda Paes de Barro explains how to "purchase" a song from the women of Jequitinhonha Valley.

 

Featured Articles

From Issue 31: To Hear

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Round and round we go: Echoes of protest in sound and weaving

Jan Nelson speaks about the making of sound and woven works that reflect the fraught history of protest.

by Jan Nelson

Weaving song, work and memory in Indian culture

Map Academy reveals the intimate and authentic relationship between weaving and song in Indian culture. 

by Map Academy

Notes on sound and making: 01 – Listening to making

Gary Warner finds the shakuhachi Japanese flute evocative not only through its music when played, but also through the sounds produced in its making.

by Gary Warner

Weaving to the beat

Sara Lindsay shares her experience of the unique sounds made in the weaving process.

by Sara Lindsay

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Lara Salous ✿ Palestine at home

Our May Laurel goes to Lara Salous, a furniture maker in Ramallah whose woollen screen brings Palestinian culture back home.

Psychometry: Series of PaAo ancient casting bronze hand ornaments with AR

Rudee Tancharoen cast a series of rings in Ban PaAo that were augmented by Peeraphat Kittisuwat, evoking the natural spirits that inspired them.

The Future at Hand: Reports on the role of crafts in our world today

Rosy Greenlees and Joseph Lo report on a series of seminars hosted by the World Crafts Council - International and the British Council reflecting the challenges and opportunities for craft in the twenty-first century.

The Magill commission: Ceramics to savour

Lauren Murphy's tableware commission met precise criteria of aesthetics, functionality, and durability.

David Ray ✿ Four Treasons

Our June laurel is awarded to David Ray for his Four Treasons series of figurines that update the bucolic Staffordshire genre.

Brisbane Art and Design Festival 2023: A vessel for diversity of creative practice 

Pamela See reviews a ceramics exhibition that reveals a vibrant Brisbane scene using clay as a language of fragility

Ikuntji Style: In conversation at afternoon tea 

Bowie Dunne speaks with Western Desert textile artist Keturah Zimran about her designs inspired by Country.

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Liz Williamson | Weaving Eucalypts Project
Ararat Gallery TAMA (Ararat)
4 March - 25 June 2023
Giles Bettison
Jam Factory (Adelaide)
21 March - 20 June 2023
Constellation: forming the flag | Eureka Centre
Eureka Centre (Ballarat)
1 April - 20 August 2023
SIXTY: The Journal of Australian Ceramics 60th Anniversary 1962–2022
Jam Factory (Adelaide)
5 May - 9 July 2023
Ceramic Society
Jam Factory (Adelaide)
5 May - 9 July 2023
New Exuberance
Jam Factory (Adelaide)
13 May - 2 July 2023
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Museum of Discovery MOD (Adelaide)
17 May - 30 June 2023
Vessel, Cloth & Cloak
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
18 May - 31 July 2023
The Boy in the Blue Shirt
Umm El-Fahem Gallery (Umm El-Fahem)
20 May - 12 September 2023
Fabric Paintings - Jacqueline Stojanović
Haydens (Melbourne)
28 May - 24 June 2023

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