Published by NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing on behalf of University of Dundee. The development of academic research has brought to the fore a new generation of craft practitioners and as a consequence new methods and methodologies, which are impacting on the way craft in the future will be perceived, marketed and purchased. Past, Present and Future Craft Practice explores new directions and perspectives in contemporary craft and exemplifies this step through a series of ten works. The book is based partly on a five ...
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Published by NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing on behalf of University of Dundee. The development of academic research has brought to the fore a new generation of craft practitioners and as a consequence new methods and methodologies, which are impacting on the way craft in the future will be perceived, marketed and purchased. Past, Present and Future Craft Practice explores new directions and perspectives in contemporary craft and exemplifies this step through a series of ten works. The book is based partly on a five-year-research project which posed the question: Is there a future role for craft? It is also based on the editors' work as craft practitioners - Louise Valentine's as a textile designer and Georgina Follett's as an enameller.
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New. 1905267509. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--168 pages; 69 color illustrations. Description: "Crafts are being lost in our world of rampantly shifting high technologies and mass market products. But not completely. Here we see their vitality as eight experts explore the field's future and past. Crafts are almost as old as people, and traditionally objects combined a utilitarian purpose, were produced with ceramics, textiles, metal, glass and wood and were qualified by their beauty and workmanship. In the 21st century how are these assumptions being challenged and expanded upon? Provocative and informed essays and photos comprise this hardcover which is the result of a five-year research project organized by the University of Dundee in Scotland, a country with a very trong craft tradition. The international contributors explore new ways of visual thinking, profiling craftspeople, patronage through the ages and the decline in the importance of crafts. Among its contributors are Paul Greenalgh, director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, who explores the subject of Craft and the New Humanism, and Chinese-born Fanke Peng, who has created a new visual 'language' for studying different cultures."--with a bonus offer--
