Collaboration through Craft

Offering a challenging new argument for the collaborative power of craft, this ground-breaking volume analyses the philosophies, politics and practicalities of collaborative craft work. The book is accessibly organised into four sections covering the cooperation and compromises required by the collaborative process; the potential of recent technological advances for the field of craft; the implications of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations for authority and ownership; and the impact of crafted collaborations on the institutions where we work, learn and teach. With cutting-edge essays by established makers and artists such as Allison Smith (US) and Brass Art (UK), curator Lesley Millar, textile designer Trish Belford and distinguished thinker Glenn Adamson, Collaborating Through Craft will be essential reading for students, artists, makers, curators and scholars across a number of fields. Offering A Challenging New Argument For The Collaborative Power Of Craft, This Volume Analyzes The Philosophies, Politics And Practicalities Of Collaborative Craft Work. The Book Is Organized Into Four Sections Covering The Cooperation And Compromises Required By The Collaborative Process; The Potential Of Recent Technological Advances For The Field Of Craft; The Implications Of Cross-disciplinary And Cross-cultural Collaborations For Authority And Ownership; And The Impact Of Crafted Collaborations On The Institutions Where We Work, Learn And Teach. Featuring Essays By Established Makers And Artists Such As Allison Smith (us) And Brass Art (uk), Curator Lesley Millar, Textile Designer Trish Belford And Distinguished Thinker Glenn Adamson, This Book Will Be Essential Reading For Students, Artists, Makers, Curators And Scholars Across A Number Of Fields. Part 1: Experiencing Collaboration Through Craft. -- 1. Collaboration A Creative Journey Or A Means To An End? / Lesley Millar -- 2. Moving Things Around ... Collaboration And Dynamic Change / Helen Carnac -- 3. Triangulation: Working Towards A Practice Of Collaboration / David Gates, Alice Kettle And Jane Webb -- 4. The Creation Of A Collective Voice / Brass Art: Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz And Anneké Pettican -- Part 2: The Generative Power Of Craft. -- 5. Catalytic Clothing And Tactility Factory: Crafted Collaborative Connections / Trish Belford -- 6. The Aesthetic Of Waste: Exploring The Creative Potential Of Recycled Ceramic Waste / David Binns -- 7. Designing Collaboration: Evoking Dr. Jonson Through Craft And Interdisciplinarity / Jason Cleverly And Tim Shear -- 8. Skinship: An Exchange Of Material Understanding Between Plastic Surgery And Pattern Cutting / Rhian Solomon -- Part 3: Institutional Collaborations. -- 9. Department 21: The Craft Of Discomfort / Stephen Knott -- 10. Skills In The Making / Simon Taylor And Rachel Payne -- 11. Project Dialogue: Promoting A Transdisciplinary Approach To Postgraduate Arts Pedagogy / Barbara Hawkins And Brett Wilson -- 12. A Question Of Value: Rethinking The Mary Greg Collection / Sharon Blakey And Liz Mitchell -- Part 4: Collaboration In An Emerging World: Another Way Of Being. -- 13. Expanded Battlefields: Craft As A Different Sort Of Reenactment / Allison Smith -- 14. Crafts And The Contemporary In South Asia: A Collaborative Journey / Barney Hare Duke And Jeremy Theophilus -- 15. Circling Back Into That Thing We Cast Forward: A Closing Read On Gestures Of Resistance / Judith Leemann And Shannon Stratton -- 16 . Expanded Craft, Dispersed Creativity: A South Asian Residency / Cj O'neill And Amanda Ravetz -- Epilogue. A Response: The Limits Of Collaboration / Glenn Adamson. Edited By Helen Felcey, Amanda Ravetz, Alice Kettle. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Collaboration through Craft Part I: Experiencing Collaboration Through Craft Introduction 1. Collaboration: A Creative Journey or a Means to an End? 2. Moving Things around . . . Collaboration and Dynamic Change 3. Triangulation: Working towards a Practice of Collaboration 4. The Creation of a Collective Voice Part II: The Generative Power of Craft Introduction 5. Catalytic Clothing and Tactility Factory: Crafted Collaborative Connections 6. The Aesthetic of Waste: Exploring the Creative Potential of Recycled Ceramic Waste 7. Designing Collaboration: Evoking Dr Johnson through Craft and Interdisciplinarity 8. sKINship: An Exchange of Material Understanding between Plastic Surgery and Pattern Cutting Part III: Institutional Collaborations Introduction 9. Department 21: The Craft of Discomfort 10. Skills in the Making 11. Project Dialogue: Promoting a Transdisciplinary Approach to Postgraduate Arts Pedagogy 12. A Question of Value: Rethinking the Mary Greg Collection Part IV: Collaboration in an Emerging World: Another Way of Being? Introduction 13. Expanded Battlefields: Craft as a Different Sort of Reenactment 14. Crafts and the Contemporary in South Asia—A Collaborative Journey 15. Circling Back into That Thing We Cast Forward: A Closing Read on Gestures of Resistance 16. Expanded Craft, Dispersed Creativity: A South Asian Residency Epilogue A Response: The Limits of Collaboration Index Plates