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The Journal of Modern Craft covers all aspects of craft as its exists within the condition of modernity (conceived as roughly from the mid-19th century to the present day) without geographical or disciplinary boundary. The journal is published 3 times a year by Berg Publishers. This website features responses, notices and short contributions relevant to the journal.
Recent stories of interest- Henry Moore's textiles | Cloth art | The EconomistNote on an exhibition of the sculptors work in fabrics as an expression of his Socialist belief in public projects as a way of bringing people together. […]
- Crafting hope and meaning from 10,000-year-old timberArticle about craftworker Damien Wright's commission to make a table for the Koori Court in Gippsland […]
- Lost skills revived to replicate a medieval minbar | The AustralianRestoration of minbar of Saladin, a symbol of Islamic triumph, a priceless masterpiece and a pinnacle of Islamic art. Designs had to be recreated from sacred geometry by Minwer al-Meheid. […]
- Henry Moore's textiles | Cloth art | The Economist
- Recent texts
- Rich and Poor Craft in AustraliaTalk in New Zealand about the comedy of rich and poor in Australian craft […]
- Native/Natural - Settler/Silver « Paua DreamsDamian Skinner response to rich/poor dialogue from New Zealand perspective […]
- An island of Collectors: Circulation of Heirlooms and Handicrafts on the Aegean island of Skyros, GreeceA fascinating account of a particularly rich material culture. Is this the future of a slow world? […]
- Critical Ceramics: Chris EchetaDescription of work by Nigerian ceramicist critiquing the country's political situation […]
- Rich and Poor Craft in Australia
- Recent books
- Makers: A History of American Studio Craft (9780807834138): Janet Koplos, Bruce Metcalf: BooksMakers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal--from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. […]
- Arts and Crafts Objects (Studies in Design and Material Culture) by Imogen HartBringing to light a significant number of little-known visual and textual sources, Arts and Crafts Objects insists that the history of British design between the 1830s and the 1910s is more complex and interwoven than concepts of clearly differentiated movements allow for. Reinvesting the objects with the original importance ascribed to them by their makers […]
- Josiah McElheny: The Light ClubPaul Scheerbart (1863–1915) was a visionary German novelist, theorist, poet, and artist who made a lasting impression on such icons of modernism as Walter Benjamin, Bruno Taut, and Walter Gropius. Fascinated with the potential of glass architecture, Scheerbart’s satirical fantasies envisioned an electrified future, a world composed entirely of crystalline, c […]
- Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Colorby Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. […]
- "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930This book will explore the cultural meanings of sewing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the dynamics and persistence of home sewing as clothing became increasingly available for purchase and more women worked outside the home. […]
- Makers: A History of American Studio Craft (9780807834138): Janet Koplos, Bruce Metcalf: Books
- Upcoming conferences
- 4ème Festival des arts mélanésiens (Sept 2010)
- Assemble 2010: The Crafts Council Conference
- Tradition and Transformation Conference » AAANZ (Dec 2010)
- Beyond the Art/Craft Divide: Rethinking Ceramics History (Oct 2010)
- Arts Queensland - Design Triennial, Asia Pacific (Oct 2010)
- Sustainability in Design: Now! (Sept 2010)
- Design and Craft : a History of Convergences and Divergences (Sept 2010)