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.
Craft therapy? The future of craft as a service - The growth of the "care economy" contains the promise of new forms of craft practice.
Afghan weaves from clay to wool - Alexandra Copeland shares her journey from ceramics to carpet weaving via Afghanistan.
Tunnizze Creation: Africa knits together - Elizabeth Okeyele-Olatunji shares her passion for teaching African children knitting and crochet for their economic welfare and creative pleasure.
Lee Ji Won: Ancient weaves now - Lee Ji Won (이지원) is a young Korean weaver who revives traditional East Asian textile techniques.
Ngozi Omeje ✿ For the love and joy of it - A conversation with an important African ceramicist about her creative work and the challenge of being a clay artist in Nigeria.
Book review: Crafting Luxury - A new book on luxury craft reveals its stunning growth and lack of ethical transparency.
Herstory: 20 years of ETWA – A journey of collaboration, culture, and connection - Deb Salvagno recounts the first twenty years of the East Timor Women Australia association, helping support the young nation's recovery through textiles.
Sahjeevan: A symbiotic association between makers and designers - Khushbu Mathur writes about her successful collaboration with block printer Shakil Ahmed.
Carol Maberly ✿ An embroidered Tao Te Ching - For Carol Maberly, embroidery is a mindful way to reflect on the Taoist wisdom of Lao Tzu.
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.
For earlier posts, see here.