Ruth Woods ✿ Finding Form with Fibre-A book on Australian fibre sculpture combines inspiring artist profiles with a useful reference to materials and techniques.
dhurrung wurruki nyayl ngarrp – kunang-Tammy Gilson reflects on the combined Wadawurrung connection to Country and English sense of industry that has shaped her artistic path and social leadership.
Manzanito ✿ A national hero of rural craft-Our Craft Currencies issue is dedicated to Luis Manzano Cabello, a rural artisan whose magic forms uplifted Chilean craft and inspired pride in vernacular traditions.
Bilums and bilas: From bags to jewels in PNG-Jessica Cassell writes of her time in PNG and the opportunity she saw to add value for local women by evolving the bilum bags into jewellery.
Sally Blake ✿ Holding hope-Vy Tsan introduces an exhibition by Sally Blake that reflects the cycle of destruction and regeneration in the Canberra landscape.
Tongan designs for a safe pandemic voyage-Angus Gillies writes about traditional Tongan kupesi designs re-interpreted by Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows and Tui Emma Gillies for the COVID era.
Kanta Kadse ✿ Khajur ki pattiyo-Our May Laurel goes to a broom maker from Madhya Pradesh, whose elegant implements bring beauty to the home.
Ezra Shales: The Shape of Craft-In the seventh Reinventing the Wheel talk, Ezra Shales considers how we should value craft found in everyday work and life.
long water: fibre stories-Freja Carmichael reflects on artists whose work provides a conduit for the spirit of fresh and salt water.
The precious “ta leec” backpack from Co Tu village-We return to Vietnam to learn about a craft classic, the backpack of the Co Tu people known as ta leec which is considered a man's most precious jewellery.
Helen Ganalmirriwuy ✿ The magnificent gunga mat-Our November laurel is bestowed on Helen Ganalmirriwuy, who has produced a magnificent mat from gunga (pandanus). She shares the excitement of seeing this work grow over the month of weaving.
Nicole Robins ✿ It’s all in the loop-The Sydney exhibition Totes Serious…who made your bag features unique baskets from Nicole Robins, made from a common indoor plant.
Catriona Pollard ✿ A basketmaker’s holiday-Australian fibre artists draw from the world at hand. Catriona Pollard's story shows how this adds a particular sense of place and time to the work.
Baskets for lemurs ✿ An epic challenge-Our second article by Wendy Golden describes an epic fibre construction for the new lemur enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. The needs of these primates from Madagascar are met by one of the largest basket projects in Australia.
Baskets for spider monkeys ✿ Wendy Golden-Wendy Golden describes the commission to make feeding baskets for spider monkeys at the Melbourne Zoo, inspired by the teardrop nests of Oropendola birds.
Women’s Wealth Project: Biruko and Tuhu hoods-Sana Balai and Ruth McDougall write about the precious fibre objects, biruku and tuhu hoods, that arose from a series of workshops in Bougainville and Solomon Islands.
Anxi: A city of rattan and iron-During a visit to the southern Chinese city of Anxi, I learnt that China was much more than the world's factory. Behind the scenes is a rich culture of folk craft and ritual. It seems that China is saving the best for last.
Anne Jillett ✿ “Sitting on a milk crate each week…”-To celebrate the beautiful and thoughtful works that are made across the Indo-Pacific, we're introducing an "object of the month". The first of these laurels goes to Anne Jillett for her Salt Pot. Anne lives in Babinda, Queensland. You can see more of her work at Ellis Road Fibre Arts
4,000-year-old string discovered in Egypt-At Garland, we love stories of string. This rich article from a publication about coastal cultures includes the story of how perfectly preserved papyrus rope was discovered in a man-made cave in the ancient Egyptian harbour of Saww. String-lovers will enjoy this.
Wickery and place-Ray Norman reveals the hidden world of wickery and its role in our musing places
Where the weaver left off-Gwen Egg discovers an ingenious fibre "needle and thread" used in traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal basket weaving
Building a better dome-Greg Lehman discovers tunapri knowledge involved in the construction of the palawa Tasmanian Aboriginal shelter
Fibre to metal: Mudlark Jilinbirri Metals from Carnarvon-Jilinbirri is the Yamatji word for an Australian bird, also known as the mudlark in Western Australia. It is the title of an exhibition by Yamatji fibre artists whose work was transformed into bronze.
Wakuwal: Threads of reconciliation-Peter Botsman's Wakuwal braids together the fibre traditions of Yolngu like Batumbil Burarrwanga with the journey of Irish prisoners to Australia