Threads
To complement the seasonal issue of Garland every three months, enjoy these ‘threads’ that appear every day or so.
The ancestral is in vogue: How do you market authenticity? - A new report from the European Craft Alliance prompts the question of how we promote authenticity. “This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man” William Shakespeare, Hamlet How should we promote craft? We see two different […]
Khneng embroidery: Weaving the past forward - Nisaphi Lyndem returns to her roots in Meghalaya to celebrate a beautiful craft tradition of the Khasi hills.
Master artisans of Yucatán: Hands, faces and spaces - Photographer Sergio Autrey pays tribute to the artisans of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Sheikha Altaf ✿ The meaning of beauty and function in Sadu weaving - Sheikha Altaf Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah shares her journey towards establishing Sadu House in Kuwait as a home for bedouin weaving.
Zhu Bingren ✿ Building a bronze mansion - Shuai Shao writes about a Chinese master of copper art who combines innovation, dedication and skill.
Stories from the MAP Academy - In a special partnership with Garland, the MAP Academy have shared fascinating stories related to our particular themes
Stoneware dreams of plastic memories - Liisa Nelson shares the inspiration behind her works for the exhibition at The Clay Studio.
A tribute to Susanne Wenger - Chief Yeye Gbogbo Adetutu Ọ̀súndémiládé pays homage to the woman who saved her tribe's Sacred Groves.