Collaboration Through Craft [Hardcover]

Offering a challenging new argument for the collaborative power of craft, this ground-breaking volume analyses the philosophies, politics and practicalities of collaborative craft work.

The book is accessibly organised into four sections covering the cooperation and compromises required by the collaborative process; the potential of recent technological advances for the field of craft; the implications of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations for authority and ownership; and the impact of crafted collaborations on the institutions where we work, learn and teach.

With cutting-edge essays by established makers and artists such as Allison Smith (US) and Brass Art (UK), curator Lesley Millar, textile designer Trish Belford and distinguished thinker Glenn Adamson,Collaborating Through Craftwill be essential reading for students, artists, makers, curators and scholars across a number of fields.

Collaboration through Craft adds to the growing number of publications that investigate and describe contemporary craft theory and practice [&] This book would be a good acquisition for institutions or individuals wanting an overview of the breadth of contemporary ideas in collaborative craft and for artists who are interested in exploring collaborative possibilities. L. L. Kriner, Berea College, CHOICE

CONTENTS
1. Collaboration through Craft: an introduction
Amanda Ravetz, Alice Kettle and Helen Felcey
Part 1: Modes of collaborating
2. Collaboration: a creative journey or a means to an end?
Lesley Millar
3. Making anew...collaboration and dynamic change
Helen Carnac
4. Triangulation theory, working as three
Jane Webb, David Gates, Alice Kettle
5. The creation of a collective voice
Brass Art: Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz, Annek? Pettican
Part 2: The generative power of craft
6. Catalytic Clothing and Tactility Factory: crafted collaborative connections
Trish Belford
7. The aesthetic l3!