The Journal of Modern Craft

Both design and art are relatively abstract activities that emphasis creativity and imagination. But someone somewhere is going to have to make these ideas a reality. Because thinking and making have become globally separated (think in the West and make in the East), we tend to take production and skill for granted. But I think the GFC is showing…[Read more]

Thanks for pointing this out Judith. Yes, there’s no question that Object has laid very ambitious plans as a national body for design. But this does not at all cover the role that a national craft body would play. Its aims do not relate to the promotion of an ongoing national story about the things we make as expressions of place. Theirs is a…[Read more]

There’s certainly plenty of models around, like Kala Raksha and Anohki. Would you be the core idea?

We seem to have dozens of cooking shows now, particularly competitions like Master Chef. Could there be a Master Craft?

A very interesting space, indeed!

I must admit I was quite surprised by your theme. Given your estimate of the conservative audience, I was assuming a much more formal design. But the alternative categories associated with conversation are quite intriguing. Did you write something about the relation between conversation and ceramics for the…[Read more]

We didn’t quite get the website at the end of your post, Peter. Meanwhile, you touch on an important point about craftsmanship. While the current slow aesthetics does celebrate craft skills, there is also a strong resistance to virtuosity in areas like relational aesthetics and conceptual craft. Is virtuosity necessarily a matter of elite…[Read more]