COLLABORATION THROUGH CRAFT

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Amanda Ravetz is Senior Research Fellow at MIRIAD Manchester Metropolitan University.Alice Kettle is Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University UK and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Real World Learning University of Winchester UK. She is coauthor of Machine Stitch Perspectives with Jane McKeating (A&C Black 2010) Hand Stitch Perspectives (Bloomsbury 2012) and Collaboration Through Craft (Bloomsbury 2013) with Dr Amanda Ravetz and Helen Felcey. She is a practising artist with work in international collections including the Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester The Crafts Council of Great Britain Museums in Riga MAIO in Turin and the Belger Collection Kansas City USA.Helen Felcey is Programme Leader for MA Design at Manchester School of Art.The editors are wellrespected and established scholars in their fieldsThis is a contemporary reexamination which brings the topic uptodateA wellillustrated title with numerous interdisciplinary case studiesAmanda Ravetz is Senior Research Fellow at MIRIAD Manchester Metropolitan University UK. Alice Kettle is Senior Research Fellow at MIRIAD Manchester Metropolitan University UK. Helen Felcey is Programme Leader for MA Design at Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University UK.Offering a challenging new argument for the collaborative power of craft this groundbreaking 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 crossdisciplinary and crosscultural collaborations for authority and ownership: and the impact of crafted collaborations on the institutions where we work learn and teach. With cuttingedge 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 Craft will be essential reading for students artists makers curators and scholars across a number of fields.A rich and exciting set of case studies and firsthand accounts from industry professionals bring key debates on the theory and practice of collaboration in contemporary craft up to date.1. Collaboration Tthrough Craft: An IntroductionAmanda Ravetz Alice Kettle and Helen FelceyPart 1: Modes of collaborating 2. Collaboration: A Creative Journey or a Means to an End?Lesley Millar3. Making Anew... Collaboration and Dynamic ChangeHelen Carnac 4. Triangulation Theory Working as ThreeJane Webb David Gates Alice Kettle5. The Creation of a Collective VoiceBrass Art: Chara Lewis Kristin Mojsiewicz Annekę PetticanPart 2: The Generative Power of Craft 6. Catalytic Clothing and Tactility Factory: Crafted Collaborative ConnectionsTrish Belford7. The Aesthetic of Waste: Exploring the Creative Potential of Recycled Cer

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