716 craft·design
Read the latest issue Issue#36 November 2008
The November issue of 716 craft·design highlights the extraordinary career and talents of Australian craft practitioners. With a particular focus on Liz Williamson: Textiles, the fourth exhibition in the Living Treasures series.
Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft
Liz Williamson: Textiles is the fourth exhibition in Object's widely applauded Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft exhibition series.
Each year, through the combination of a national touring exhibition and a major monograph publication, the series celebrates the achievements of Australia's iconic and influential crafts practitioners.
Liz Williamsons fine handwoven textiles display her characteristic interest in the construction of cloth, with a unique surface appearance created through the interlacing of threads of different fibre content. In the late nineties Williamson was introduced to a computerised Jacquard loom and her resulting designs explore the restorative practice of times past and in particular, the art of darning.
Craft Australia is a key partner in the Living Treasures program and actively promotes the program through the Craft Australia website.Living Treasures series Index
Also read: Wrapped: Liz William's practice by Clare Bond
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Craft Australia Craft and Design Research Centre
Call for Papers
Cross cultural exchanges in craft and design
The Craft Australia Craft and Design Research Centre has developed an online refereed journal. The e-journal will be published on the Craft Australia website and will promote the pursuit of academically rigorous craft·design research.
The inaugural call for papers is now open and the Craft Australia Craft and Design Research Centre is seeking contributions for 2009 on the theme Cross cultural exchanges in craft and design. We invite papers that interrogate cross-cultural practices, communicate the breadth of activity across cultural exchanges, and establish a dialogue between practice and policy for a rich and sustainable culture. We particularly welcome articles from authors who are involved in inter or trans-disciplinary research, as it relates to the broad fields of contemporary craft and design practice.
Areas for consideration in this theme include:
- Tourism and museums as a driver for innovative cross cultural practice
- The role of design and manufacture in cross cultural engagement
- Innovation for social and cultural sustainability
- The impact of government policies on cultural sustainability
- Mentoring between communities
- The internet and the global market for Indigenous craft and design
Deadline for submissions: 30 June 2009.
Email papers to editor@craftaustralia.com.au
Guidelines for Authors download 
Craft and Design Research CentreStyle Guide download
Cover Sheet to be attached to submission download 
For that special handmade object
Images: (Left to Right) Cloth New Natives Range - Furnishing Fabrics for the Interior;
Beaver Galleries, David Pottinger Neriage porcelain
Selling Yarns: Innovation for sustainability
Artist: Robyn Djunginy
Ramingining NT
Title: Bottles, 2006
Materials: Pandanus, natural dyes, coiling techinque
Exhibition: ReCoil, Change & Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art
Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability is a conference that addresses contemporary Indigenous craft and design practice. It draws on the outcomes of the first Selling Yarns conference held in Darwin in 2006 that looked specifically at contemporary Indigenous textile practice.
Selling Yarns 2: Innovation for sustainability website
A selection of conference papers from the 2006 Darwin conference have been published through the Craft Australia Research Centre.
National Craft Mapping Project report
The National Craft Mapping Project report was produced by Craft Australia in 2006. The project scopes the breadth of services available, reviews services offered by organisations and how they are used by craft artists and designer/makers, identifies service needs not currently met and makes recommendations for the future.
The National Craft Mapping Project: Service provision for professional craft artists and designer/makers report in hard copy is a free publication and is available from Craft Australia. A $5.00 fee is being charged to cover postage and handling for a hard-copy.
Order your hard-copy now. Download as a PDF
Craft Australia is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and all state and territory governments.
