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Creating a new craft culture

As expected, the recent American Craft Council conference Creating a new Craft Culture, generated much lively debate. This event seemed to provide a stage for the confrontation between two very different craft cultures: the older studio model of individual craftsperson contributing unique works to the field of craft, versus the new renegade model of craft [...]

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Revivalist or renegade?

Craft in the 21st century has become a forum for activist causes such as feminism, democracy, land reform and the gift economy. There are strong parallels here with the origins of the Arts and Crafts Movement as a revival of traditions lost through industrialisation. So what’s new?
Craft activism today seems to provide a democratic forum [...]

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Introduction to Issue 2.2

Editorial Introduction
We have not had themed issues as yet in Journal of Modern Craft, and this latest edition was certainly not planned under the rubric ‘politics’. Serendipitously, however, much of its content addresses craft’s fortunes under various political structures. Under the conditions of industrialism craft finds it hard to make a niche for itself – [...]

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