tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14156160087754688212024-03-13T23:17:56.896-07:00Craft AustraliaCraft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-10712108526825866992012-05-01T18:54:00.000-07:002012-05-01T18:56:26.157-07:00A new chapter for Australian Craft and design<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Craft Australia is issuing this press release to notify all of
our readers and followers that the organisation will be closing from 30 April
2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Craft Australia was notified in October 2011 that it would
no longer receive funding from the Australia Council for the Arts. With no
alternative means of significant support to continue to deliver national
advocacy services for the craft and design sector, the Craft Australia Board of
Directors agreed to wind up the organisation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additional assistance for this purpose was received from the
Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. The Board and staff at
Craft Australia has spent the past 12 weeks ensuring that the organisation is
wound up responsibly and that as far as is practical, all assets, historical
archives and programs be passed on to new host organisations to be managed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it was established in 1971, Craft Australia has played
a critical role in the development of craft and design in Australia. It
staged exhibitions, many of them touring interstate and overseas. The magazine covered developments in Australia as well as from around the world
of craft and design, particularly the Asia Pacific region. And it hosted a
myriad of workshops and conferences that created a strong sense of community
around the pursuit of beauty in crafted objects. While we mourn this loss,
we are pleased to say that as we prepare to close the Craft Australia chapter
of the Australian craft and design book, we have started a new chapter with
Australia’s national collecting organisations and the network of Australian
Craft and Design Centres, ACDC. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Craft Australia website, in its entirety, has been
archived through <a href="http://pandora.nla.gov.au/tep/10472">Pandora</a>, a web archiving program at the National Library of
Australia. This ensures that all the articles and referenced information on the
site continues to be accessed and is able to be referenced. <span style="color: #222222;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">craft + design enquiry journal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The future
of the C+DE Journal has been secured with new hosts at the Australian National
University School of Art. Transition support to migrate the journal with
minimal disruption was made available from the Visual Arts Board. Craft
Australia developed the <b><span style="color: #444444;">craft
+ design enquiry journal</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span>in 2009 to promote the research capabilities in the
craft and design sector. Three volumes of the journal have already been published.
<a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/newsroom/mediarelease.php?id=20120411">Read more.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The National
Library of Australia has also been critical in assisting Craft Australia to
digitise the national historical collection of slides. Over 4,000 images from
this collection, made up mostly from the education slide kits developed by
Craft Australia in the 80s and 90s are now accessible online through <a href="http://ehive.com/account/3653">ehive</a>, an online collection management
portal. This is a tremendous resource for the sector that is free to access and
will now be managed by the National Gallery of Australia who has included this
digital material in their Research Library. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are delighted to have had the support of the National
Gallery of Australia, (NGA) to secure the Craft Australia historical
collection. The forty-one year archive of the organisation, the Craft Australia
Library of monographs, journals and ephemera have all been accepted into the NGA’s
<a href="http://nga.gov.au/research/library.cfm">Research Library.</a> In addition, all of the undigitised slides held by Craft Australia and most of
the collection will also be housed at the NGA. This initiative from the NGA,
Australia’s flagship cultural organisation, is an invaluable support for the
future of the craft and design sector. Additional works from the Craft
Australia Collection will also be going to the Tasmanian Museum and Gallery and
the Art Gallery of South <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1415616008775468821" name="_GoBack"></a>Australia. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Next Step<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Board of
Directors will meet in Canberra on 15 May to hold a Special General Meeting to
complete the winding up of Craft Australia. Communication with Craft Australia
over this period will be limited. <a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/about/contact">Email contact</a> is the best
way to ensure your enquiries are answered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/networks/acdc">ACDC network</a>, will
continue to provide national craft and design support for the craft and design
sector. The network will have a rotating secretariat that will initially be
managed by Craft ACT Craft and Design Centre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On behalf of
the Board and staff of Craft Australia I thank you for your support, your
letters and your comments in the <a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/submission.php?id=2011_save_craft_aust_petition">petition</a>.
It is with a heavy heart that we close
this chapter of the Australian craft and design story. However, we feel
confident the future directions for Australian craft and design will provide
equally engaging and evocative chapters.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This announcement is to inform Craft Australia board members,
staff and stakeholders that the final Annual General Meeting for the company
will be held on Tuesday 15 May 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The AGM will be held in the board room at Craft ACT: Craft and
Design Centre starting at 10.00 am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The SGM will be held from 11 am at Craft ACT Craft and Design
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The purpose of the SGM is to pass a resolution by the members of
Craft Australia to de register the company with ASIC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This action follows the notification by the Australia Council for
the Arts to cease funding Craft Australia after December 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Craft Australia has been winding up the company’s activities since
December 2011 and all operations will cease by 30 April 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Administrator Craft Australia<o:p></o:p></span></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-51002888454130272882012-04-10T22:13:00.001-07:002012-04-10T22:13:59.843-07:00The craft +design enquiry journal continues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Craft Australia is pleased to announce the ongoing life of one of its
projects, the craft + design enquiry research e-journal.
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"As part of Craft Australia's winding up process we have endeavoured
to find new host organisations for our key activities", said General
Manager, Catrina Vignando.<br />
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After 41 years of operating as the nation's peak advocacy
organisation for contemporary craft and design, Craft Australia will
close its doors at the end of April 2012. However, the <b>craft + design enquiry journal</b>, which provides an important publishing platform for the research excellence in craft and design practice, will continue. <br />
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"The recent confirmation that the Australian National University,
(ANU) School of Art will become the new hosts for this journal is very
reassuring", said Ms Vignando.<br />
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The journal is a significant innovation for the promotion of the
research capabilities in the craft and design sector. Craft Australia
developed the <b>craft + design enquiry journal</b> in 2009 and have
already published three volumes of the journal. In the short time it
has been in circulation it has achieved Excellence in Research for
Australia rating and is recognised internationally as a noteworthy
journal for practice based research.<br />
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"We are excited that as an outcome of the journal being hosted by the ANU School of Art, the future volumes of the <b>craft + design enquiry</b> will be published by ANU E Press", said Ms Deves, the Editorial Manager of the journal.<br />
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The move to the ANU School of Art is expected to cause little
disruption to the journal's publishing schedule. The next volume, CDE#4,
is due to be published July 2012 on the theme of '<i>Relational Craft and Design</i>'.<br />
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New contact and address details for the <b>craft + design enquiry journal</b>
will be available shortly. In the interim people can register with the
online journal and be on the mailing list for future updates.<a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/cde/" target="blank">craft + design enquiry</a>.<br />
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Catrina Vignando<br />
Craft Australia<br />
April 2012
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craft Australia is pleased to announce the launch of a significant multi-year project. The Craft Australia National Historic Collection (NHC) is a significant slide archive on the development and practice of the Australian Studio Craft Movement from the 1960s to the early 1990s that is now digitised and available online to practitioners, researchers and curators in the field.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The collection includes work by luminaries Peter Tully, Susan Cohn, Robert Baines, Les Blakebrough, Liz Williams, Ragnar Hansen, Robert Baines, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Helmut Lueckenhausen, Greg Daly, Johannes Kuhnen, Helen Aitken-Kuhnen, Marian Hosking, Robert Bell, Gwyn Hanssen Piggott, Jeff Mincham, Shigeo Shiga, Stefan Szonyi, Alan Watt, Scott Chaseling, Tom Moore, Solvig Baas Becking, Margaret Grafton, Klaus Moje, Warren Langley, Nick Mount, Robyn Backen, Sieglinde Karl-Spence, Ray Norman and more.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In over 4000 images the development of the studio craft movement in Australia is charted across the disciplines of gold and silver smithing, textiles, ceramics, glass and wood. This includes extremely rare material from the 1960s and 1970s that predates the establishment of most of Australia's tertiary training programs in craft. </div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craft Australia will close on the 30th April 2012 and has negotiated with the National Gallery of Australia </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(NGA) to rehouse our National Historic Collection as part of their library holdings which documents the history and development of Australian art and culture. Whilst the NHC will be managed by the NGA after our closure the location for the collection will remain the same and can now be accessed online through the eHive collection management system at <a href="http://ehive.com/account/3653" target="blank">http://ehive.com/account/3653</a> and is also searchable on Picture Australia <a href="http://www.pictureaustralia.org/" target="blank">http://www.pictureaustralia.org</a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Researchers have already been active utilising our taster of the collection temporarily housed on our Flickr site. Images by a number of artists are to be included in the forthcoming book <i>Place and Adornment: Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand</i> by Dr. Kevin Murray and Dr. Damian Skinner. If you have been to our Flickr site for a preview of the National Historic Collection now is the time to head over to eHive and see the whole collection in all its glory. </div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over the period 2011 - 2008 Craft Australia received three grants from the Community Heritage Grant Program funded by the Australian Government through the National Library of Australia, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office for the Arts. These grants allowed the organisation to analyse its significant slide collection and digitise the most important slides represented in the NHC. The National Historic Collection is part of a wider collection of over 25,000 35mm slides of original artwork for which a home beyond Craft Australia has not yet been found.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Craft Australia would like to thank and acknowledge the support of the Community Heritage Grant Program and the numerous private donors who supported this significant project.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Catrina Vignando<br />
Craft Australia<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Related Links</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ehive.com/account/3653" target="blank">National Historic Collection on Ehive</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pictureaustralia.org/" target="blank">Picture Australia</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://nga.gov.au/Research/library.cfm" target="blank">National Gallery of Australia Library</a></div> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I<span style="font-size: x-small;">mage credit: Peter Tully, <i>Astral Traveling</i> 1977, Image number 1012035 </span></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-55498678339085489922012-02-07T19:54:00.000-08:002012-02-07T19:57:01.072-08:00Winding Up February Update #1<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">February Update #1</span></b></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">As many of you will now be aware, Craft Australia has been defunded by the Visual Arts Board (VAB) of the Australia Council for the Arts. This decision was an outcome of a minor review of the key organisations supported by the VAB. The reason given for defunding Craft Australia is that it was too reliant on Government support and was not meeting the needs of the sector, both of which Craft Australia has challenged.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">With your support Craft Australia has had an extension of funding till the end of April 2012 as opposed to having to close the doors of the organisation by the end of December 2011. This extension will ensure that the programs that have been established by Craft Australia and the historical and visual archives of the Australian studio craft movement that we have collected over the past 40 years are not lost to the sector. Our aim is to pass on this material to cultural institutions that will become the new custodians of this history. This will ensure that the cultural legacy of the Australian craft and design sector from the late 1960s to the present day is not lost.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">The Present </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">Craft Australia is officially operating in <i>winding-up</i> mode. As a result of this we will not be sending out any more </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/716/201112.php"><i>CA enews</i></a></span><span lang="EN-AU">. The last issue of <i>CA</i> <i>enews</i> was published in December 2011 and it contains all the details about the closure of the organisation. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">Craft Australia will however continue to keep you informed about our progress with regular online updates. We will send these to you in the same way you received the <i>ca enews</i>. The updates will let you know what we are up to and how we are progressing with passing on Craft Australia’s holdings.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">The Future</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">As part of the winding up process, Craft Australia is ensuring that as many of its activities and programs remain accessible for future use by passing them over to new host organisations. Some of the programs we are in the process of future proofing include the historical archives of the organisation. These have been deemed to be of national historical significance and was the basis for Craft Australia receiving a Community Heritage Grant from the National Library of Australia to preserve these records.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">Other assets we are passing on are the online programs and activities developed by Craft Australia over the past 8 years. These include the Craft Australia website, the </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/cde/index.php/cde" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">craft+design enquiry journal</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU">, the </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.sellingyarns.com/2009" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">Selling Yarns</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> website and the </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://carightway.ning.com/" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">rightway online</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> hub will also be passed on to appropriate organisations to ensure continued access to this material. We will let you know how this transfer of assets progresses.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">What you can do</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">We have had enormous support from our readers and subscribers including many from overseas through our online </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">petition</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU">. Many of these </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/submission.php?id=2011_save_craft_aust_petition" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">responses</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> are on the Craft Australia website. We thank you for your feedback. Over1800 people have signed the petition. This support has been a valuable indicator proving that in fact Craft Australia is relevant to the sector and people are concerned about this decision by the Australia Council. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU">The </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">petition</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> is still live on the Craft Australia home page and we welcome your feedback.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br />
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Craft Australia <br />
<i>February 2012</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Related Links </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/submission.php?id=index" target="blank"><span style="color: blue;">Read Submissions</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
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</div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-10447503943970643752011-12-19T17:17:00.000-08:002011-12-19T17:17:25.368-08:00Happy Christmas from Craft Australia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/editorial.php?id=wrapping_up_2011"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMYp0rB8PVh-PALGQdnhhsPRPPYBR-Erfm5RnP7A2C-nTwpOgZIaWn5UfUYBakjvDjNpyBAFnIbpSU0pwQC5aW0sjGXZlTWt5tnXbNhBJYy37VT-AOi5EY8SIbVhbeWAqReNimccoCYs/s400/Craft+Australia+festive+season+greetings+.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-24585499884180426872011-12-15T23:04:00.000-08:002011-12-15T23:04:19.111-08:00Direct Digital Print: Musing on a sustainable practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-g0YeOMK04yT7NfK-Q_ndfVSQ74GOuuO1LK1ushIeHmeSslNgRQ1WJnC-hqu8C_N_xApR_8ZSr-mYeqfF2UpxP52Xer4kKJWCAef2RscvJJxuvj4XtjpDyseQ8lQ-l19yVMKVuQVIvmA/s1600/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-930x240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-g0YeOMK04yT7NfK-Q_ndfVSQ74GOuuO1LK1ushIeHmeSslNgRQ1WJnC-hqu8C_N_xApR_8ZSr-mYeqfF2UpxP52Xer4kKJWCAef2RscvJJxuvj4XtjpDyseQ8lQ-l19yVMKVuQVIvmA/s320/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-930x240.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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However, the more we used the process, the more we realised its possibilities. We now know that digital printing is an excellent way to reduce water, ink and material waste in the textile printing industry, as well as reduce product wastage for our clients. From a creative viewpoint, it also offers greater design and creative flexibility.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Digital printing allows our clients and our textile design studio the possibility to do sampling, small run productions, and one-off textile pieces in a print-to-order capacity. This minimises wastage and eliminates the need to store unnecessary stock.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
We specialise in direct printing onto natural fibre fabrics using inkjet technology, and also sublimate onto polyester. With either option, we print only what is needed by ourselves or our clients. This allows clients to print as little as one metre of fabric to trial their product before ordering exactly how much they need for their season, production run or individual project.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The flexibility of the process, and the very low minimum waste, means we can cater to a large variety of creatives - designers, artists, illustrators, photographers, students and crafts people, and indeed anyone interested in printing their own images.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
The process also allows us to assist businesses starting out, offering them the opportunity to start small and grow as their customer base grows, reordering their product at anytime. We keep all files and information in our library ready to recall when needed, completely removing the need for businesses to keep excess stock.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have been working with textile artist Julie Ryder for a number of years on specialised projects. Ryder's design work is often complicated digital imagery (see top image), that can really only be reproduced using digital printing. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each piece is individual, with a rare few being reprinted. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For each design, Julie normally requires only a few metres - not achievable with traditional printing methods due to the excessive volume of minimum print runs. The flexibility of "print-to-order" allows Julie to do one-off pieces or reprint should she need to.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The ramifications of not having a national peak organisation representing the craft and design sector are significant. </span></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">There will be no visible national portal to represent the work of the many artists, designers, gallerists, curators, writers and researchers working in this field. </span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Australia will be the only OECD country without a dedicated agency to advocate and promote the work of this area of practice. </span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The many initiatives that Craft Australia has been advocating for that link craft and design with innovation and industry will be lost.</span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Substantial digital content about this sector will be lost, creating a significant knowledge gap about our cultural traditions. </span></span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">How </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">you </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">can help:</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></div><ol><li style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sign our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ">petition</a></span></span></b></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Forward to petition to friends and interested parties </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write to the Visual Arts Board, Chair: Ted Snell <a href="mailto:t.snell@curtin.edu.au">email</a> </span></span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Write to the Minister for the Arts Simon Crean MP <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=DT4">contact details</a></span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Write to the Shadow Minister for the Arts George Brandis SC <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/Abbott-Team/People/George-Brandis.aspx">contact details</a></span></span></li>
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EverGreen: fresh sustainable fashion<br />
Object Gallery 27 January - 25 March 2012</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Featuring JULIA KNÜPFER, HOLLY MCQUILLAN and GEORGIA MCCORKILL.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EVERGREEN presents a new generation of designers who are changing the look and feel of eco-fashion with innovative and beautiful designs. While sustainability is a lifestyle choice on the lips of many Australians, these values have yet to be confidently applied to fashion. While consumers and designers are united in their aspirations for sustainable choices, there is a gap in consumer education and eco-conscious designers face considerable challenges in realising their designs.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today there is a myriad of ways for consumers and fashion enthusiasts to embrace sustainable fashion and support eco-conscious designers. Consider this exhibition a starting point, as we highlight designers dedicated to sustainable practice, uncover innovations in textiles and fashion and suggest more sustainable ways to enjoy fashion.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
[Sustainable fashion is an ever-evolving term used to describe a commitment to ethical production, responsible resourcing and natural processes. It considers an article’s enduring value in relation to social & emotional attachment and consumption patterns, and aims toward a system of practice that does not deplete non-renewable resources, does not pollute during manufacture and produces clothing able to be re-absorbed into the environment.]</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Julia Knupfer studied fashion at ESMOD Berlin and is set to open a flagship store in Berlin in early 2012. Her label ica watermelon combines sustainability with high fashion, using organic cotton and wool sourced from biological controlled animal welfare. Julia’s knitwear has been described as “futuristic, directional and daring”, with a striking balance between angular, structural forms and delicate knitted accessories. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://icawatermelon.com/">Website</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Holly McQuillan is a lecturer in the Fashion Design program at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts in Wellington. Her research focuses on sustainable design practice by exploring the possibilities of Zero-Waste pattern cutting - a philosophy that challenges existing techniques and encourages smarter design. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://hollymcquillan.com/">Website</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Georgia Mccorkill is a designer and PhD candidate dedicated to sustainable special occasion-wear. The Red Carpet Project is a design driven collaboration between designers, celebrities, stylists & publicists, using the red carpet as a forum to raise awareness of environmental problems faced by the fashion industry. Georgia uses natural eucalyptus plant dyes and up-cycled fabric remnants to achieve stunning environmentally conscious gowns. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.redcarpetproject.com.au/">Website</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sustainability stories <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/search/label/case%20study">website</a> </span></span>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-47846932967045728732011-12-12T16:33:00.001-08:002012-03-26T20:18:36.786-07:00Try This at Home: Musing on a sustainable practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dreh_Fh7XKiJo1YqkAJMXhR2Y8f-nYrc6PPiYXmf0PmOBRuCAXnCtdfk1FFcLwLs2kOLFNEnuP2UN53kYrYxHtP8obO5hKiA6GcvQCED9Whi-LMgdICNG7RxGqr3tKPtMkBGe-DONkI/s1600/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-930x240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dreh_Fh7XKiJo1YqkAJMXhR2Y8f-nYrc6PPiYXmf0PmOBRuCAXnCtdfk1FFcLwLs2kOLFNEnuP2UN53kYrYxHtP8obO5hKiA6GcvQCED9Whi-LMgdICNG7RxGqr3tKPtMkBGe-DONkI/s320/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-930x240.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Project Space was transformed into a cosy yet unusual lounge room inviting audiences to consider the way in which we are each designing the future in our everyday actions. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Artists, designers and collectives including <i>CO2penhagen</i> (Denmark), <i>Haque: Design + Research</i> (UK), <i>Magnificent Revolution Australia</i>, <i>Makeshift</i> (Australia), and the <i>Slow Art Collective</i> (Australia) present examples of adaptive practice, in which existing resource use is redirected for more sustainable outcomes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">With the help of viewers’ contributions to this site, the exhibition will perform the ways in which the urban contexts of our homes support or hinder our attempts to live sustainably, identifying opportunities for positive changes to the social and structural fabric of our city.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Viewers earn their television privileges by pedalling Magnificent Revolution Australia’s bike-operated home cinema, to see the story of the world’s first carbon neutral festival CO2penhagen and can later participate in a bike-power workshop.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Image:<i> </i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>making time</i> Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe, Making Time, 2010</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: DIN-Light;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: DIN-Light;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try This At Home is the first exhibition in the Australian Research Council (ARC) funded five-year Curating Cities research project, investigating how art and design can effect sustainable urban transformations. Within this research project, the role of Try This At Home is to explore methods of community engagement and participation, with the results to inform future exhibitions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try This At Home is an Associated Event of Art & About Sydney 2011, produced by City of Sydney. It is held in conjunction with Curating Cities: Sydney-Copenhagen at Customs House 17-24 November 2011.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sam Parsons of Studio Sam</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To me sustainability goes beyond material selection, recycling and minimizing environmental and social impacts. These should go without saying. To me sustainability is about asking the bigger questions. Do we really need more designer furniture? Does the design contribute something worthwhile? Will the design be desirable in the future? Could it possibly become a heirloom to be valued for generations to come? if not, what happens to the item when it is no longer desirable? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU">As a designer I </span>grapple with questions like these on a constant basis. I am consequently committed to designing solutions that have real purpose, respond to everyday needs, are adaptable, contribute to the quality of life, can transcend transient fashion, and importantly challenge society’s 'throw away' mentality. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Studio Sam products that have resulted from this approach could be placed into two broad categories: 1) those that involve reuse and 2) those that address a real issue.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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The Booksmith range and the Betty Blue / Blue Print ranges demonstrate reuse. The former exhibits reappropriation while the later retains the original function.<br />
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The Booksmith range as the name suggests consists of products handmade from discarded hardback books which have outlived their intended function. The reuse of books, mminimises the need for raw materials and in some cases helps to divert materials going to landfill. The range includes the Bookscreen, Siena the Bookblock Table, Dust Jacket Gift Cards, gift tags and notebooks. <br />
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The Booksmith range gives the books (or parts of) a new role and value. In the case of the Bookscreen, the books now form part of a more permanent collection, one that has a new functional role and is prized for its aesthetic merits. Each screen, being an individual, is appropriately given a christen name and a certificate of authenticity which adds further reverence to the screen. Bookscreen won a Victorian Premiers Design Award in 2008.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bookscreen builds on the character of the original books. <span lang="EN-AU">T</span>he colourful covers (which are still in good working order) are removed, <span lang="EN-AU">arranged according to colour and reassembled utilising traditional book binding techniques. The sturdy covers provide structure while the book spines provide the hinges for the concertinaed screen. Some of the pages from the books are reused to line the back of the screen. Bookscreen celebrates </span>the high quality craftsmanship of the original books and provides (in a day of increased digital technology) a tactile reminder of how books used to be made.<span lang="EN-AU"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">While designing Siena I resisted producing a table top: 1) so the sculptural form was not hidden and 2) because it would have required the introduction of new materials which was against the principles of Siena.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">The intention was for a tray / plate / glass / book (whatever you have at home) to be placed on top when required to provide a surface.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU">A<span style="color: black;">fter making the screens and Siena there are left over book parts. I subsequently created several other products to join the Booksmith range as a means of minimising any waste</span></span><span style="color: black;">. </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black;">This is perhaps epitomised, by the </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black;">Dust Jacket Gift Cards</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: black;">. These handmade cards are made from the original dust jackets. They are prized for their varied themes and titles, the nostalgia they create and their quality artwork among other attributes. These cards are only made when the dust jackets are available / left over. They are therefore limited in supply due to the very nature of their existence. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image right: An installation titled 'Tomorrow'. Discarded hardback journal covers (given to me by a library) were used to create an undulating landscape for the display of homewares. Photographer Geoffrey Marsh</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <b>Betty Blue range</b> also demonstrates reuse. Decals were applied to <span lang="EN-AU">found, mis-matched, 'as good as new’ ceramic crockery. The concept was not purely about redecorating the ceramics. The intention was to go a step further and address one possible reason the plates were discarded in the first place; that being their separation from their original set. After all un-matching crockery is typically undesirable. Betty Blue created new sets which restored the plates role and value. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU">Although each of the resulting ceramic pieces were different, they were related to one another through the application of blue and white circular motifs. The artwork was based on found, traditional blue and white patterned plates which themselves were incorporated into the new limited edition Betty Blue sets. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU">Similarly the <b>Blueprint range</b> (which was a collaborative effort between Studio Sam and Lightly in 2009) also reuses found ceramic plates. This range continued on the basic design concept behind Betty Blue. The designs however were rationalised rendering them suitable for small production runs. The resulting l</span><span lang="EN-AU">imited edition wall plates were produced and distributed in Australia by Lightly. The range won the Home Beautiful, Product of the Year (Home Accessories) award in 2009.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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I am writing to register my dismay that Craft Australia the National peak organization for the Crafts has been given notice that it will be defunded by the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council.<br />
As a craftsperson (a gold and silversmith) who has operated her studio and gallery for 37 years, successfully building a creative business which has employed and trained 19 people. <a href="http://australian-cultural-production.blogspot.com/2011/11/letter-to-local-member-expression-of.html">Read more </a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To send your letter in response to the defunding of Craft Australia <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/11/sign-petition.html">more information </a><br />
Read submissions about the defunding of Craft Australia <a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/submission.php?id=index">Read more </a><br />
Comments on the petition <a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/library/submission.php?id=2011_save_craft_aust_petition">Read more </a><br />
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</b></i></i>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-8045698682718607212011-11-14T16:00:00.000-08:002011-11-15T19:26:44.807-08:00Laura McCusker: Musing on a sustainable practice<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtLYotpNNvUiZDbyeJpHxmdieBkzkrH2LWDIodv8tGhk47Mnp9XDH32tWGkodZMin7z5be2xRUsQ5Du1ZSnIYY82NfTieQRu_TaAcWSQijyCJKEuI8xMCcqjyZX59CY70RVd7JA4j8Uo/s1600/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtLYotpNNvUiZDbyeJpHxmdieBkzkrH2LWDIodv8tGhk47Mnp9XDH32tWGkodZMin7z5be2xRUsQ5Du1ZSnIYY82NfTieQRu_TaAcWSQijyCJKEuI8xMCcqjyZX59CY70RVd7JA4j8Uo/s400/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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My aim as a designer and maker is that my work will inspire stories such as this one. I design objects that are appealing on different levels; pieces that people will enjoy relating to and using. They need to be beautiful, useful, and perform the task for which they were designed, well. Not just for this season or for this decade; but indefinitely.</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am passionate about combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design...The philosophy of Slow Design resonates strongly with me, I seek to infuse my work with a richness that deepens the ways in which people connect with my pieces. As much as possible, I am integral in every step of the process, from design through to manufacture and delivery. </div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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Living in Tasmania, I am acutely aware of the precious resource with which I work. The idea of buying a piece of furniture for a look or as part of a fad promotes the wider problems of our throw-away society. The limited availability of natural resources is an important issue in my design, and so I aim for a timeless aesthetic and ensure longevity through the use of the highest quality materials and traditional joinery techniques.</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fuad-Luke nailed it in 2005 when he wrote: “What is clear is that modernist, organic, post-modern or any other doctrine with recognisable semiotics, is easily subverted in the service of industry and to the glory of consumerism and economic progress. ... Corporate ambition, encouraged by the capitalist political doctrine, continues to ensure that inbuilt obsolescence, the touchstone of industrial design, keeps producers producing, consumers consuming and designers designing.” .... the question then becomes, what am I going to do about it? </div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For me, designing and making is an organic process, inseparable from the everyday goings on of my life. Moments of inspiration such as making origami with my children, a barcode on my cereal box, or the light flickering through stands of trees often form the seed of an idea. This is layered upon the cross-cultural influences of my childhood; the knowledge and skills gained through studies in design and fine woodwork; and an intimate knowledge of the materials I work with. As I chat with clients in my workshop and they see their furniture taking shape, these influences and layers are shared, and hopefully, so begin their stories.</div><div class="FreeForm" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since we were notified on 12 October that the organisation will not receive any more program funding from the Visual Arts board of the Australia Council beyond the end of December 2011, we have had overwhelming response in support for Craft Australia. We thank you for this amazing show of strength for craft and design practice. Responses have come from our readers and supporters from all over the world. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">We are sending you this update to keep you informed of the developments in our campaign to save Craft Australia and how you can continue to help us. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">WHAT YOU CAN DO</span></b> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make your voice heard in support for craft and design. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>Spread the word, pass this notice on to your friends and networks, get them to do the same.</li>
<li>Sign our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ">online petition</a>. The more people that sign, the stronger our argument for the importance of a national craft and design organisation.</li>
<li>Write a comment on our <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/10/craft-australia-defunded.html">blog</a>, tell us how this will impact on you. </li>
<li>Write a letter to the <a href="mailto:http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/10/craft-australia-defunded.html">Visual Arts Board</a> and tell them what you think, please send us a copy as well so we are all on the same page</li>
<li>Write a letter to the Arts Minister, the<a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=DT4"> Hon. Simon Crean MP </a></li>
<li>Write a letter to your local government member </li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With your help we can show that craft and design matters.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Again, thank you for your ongoing support; we will keep you informed of our progress.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Sign our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ">petition</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Follow the <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/search/label/Defunded">Story </a> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">CA, Presidents letter to the <a href="http://craftaustralia.org.au/library/presidentsreport.php?id=2011-11-08">Visual Arts Board</a></span></span><br />
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What is Sustainable?</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">General acceptance of the term “sustainable” goes hand-in-hand with conducting well-maintained practices, which are environmentally and sociologically aware. These practices, by definition, should be able to be maintained to a certain standard without impairing the planet’s ability to support all forms of life for an indefinite period of time. </div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What concerns me is the flippant use of phrases such as “sustainable”, “eco-friendly” and “green” and the cynicism that will follow when the general public realise they’ve been manipulated by the ambiguity of these terms.</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A product is considered to be “sustainable” based upon current and future management of available resources (renewable and non-renewable), hence some materials are more “sustainable” than others. The term “sustainable” when used in conjunction with selling a product, is becoming more diluted as businesses scramble for a piece of the “Green Pie”. Sustainable, may also relate to the general running of a company, it’s financial position and ability to meet market demand based upon forecast modelling. A company that markets it’s product as “green” in order to sell or unnecessarily make more of it, may in fact counteract the environmental benefits gained by switching to a “greener” option, requiring more energy, materials and finances to meet higher production or demand.<br />
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The fundamental driver of sustainability is the rate at which, and how we consume resources, in connection with events outside our control. </div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over-consumption is only created by oversupply and its impact is amplified with increases in global standards-of-living in accordance with global affluence. As the population grows, so does the number of designers, and as design becomes more democratised, true is the adage that “everyone wants to be a designer”. So do we really need all these new products (necessary and unnecessary), creating an oversupply in the marketplace, and impairing the planet’s ability as a biological support system. The answer to that comes down to design awareness, rather than design for design’s sake. How many designers have stopped to think that there are more chairs in the world than people? In what way is it an environmental and social imperative that more chairs need to be designed and produced, unless you’re using furniture as a medium to communicate that there are better, more environmentally preferred materials and processes to make chairs with, that needn’t be a memorial to a designer long after they’re gone?</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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As a result of the ambiguous use of “sustainable” associations, and the fact that all resources (renewable and non-renewable) are finite, many governments and businesses have not properly implemented conservative supply and demand ratios. They have in fact opted for more aggressive strategies, in order to compete on a world stage that is driven by increasing resource demand, production expectations and profit margins. The problem with these strategies is that they’re not able to fully allow for, and react to future supply issues and events, such as climate change, reduction of available materials, delay in proposed technologies, political upheaval and a growing global population.</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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In order to be truly sustainable, governments and businesses must conservatively self-regulate their consumption and production levels, in order to find a rational supply and demand ratio. This may inturn achieve an equilibrium within a global consumptive ecological system. </div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Examples of ecological equilibrium are found in nature and the human race must adopt these symbiotic relationships to remain “sustainable” </div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in the future.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The core principles behind the Wambamboo range were to highlight a material that was seen as somewhat sub-standard aesthetically and practically, but had a wide range of environmental, sociological, material and advanced product application benefits. The initial pieces in the range, created at the end of 2006 (exhibited at the Salone Satellite 2007), were an altrusitic statement in design, and at the time “sustainability” or environmentally-aware factors were not the primary focus. In using bamboo, designers such as myself have universally changed the perception of materials (renewable and recycled) which have been viewed as lack lustre within modern contexts.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In assessing materials for the Wambamboo range, I considered two</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">fundamentals: Carbon Productive and Carbon Reductive materials and processes. Moso (Phyllostachys Pubescens) is endemic to the central Asia region and is a monopodial (spreading) variety of bamboo, therefore it cannot be grown in Australia. Unless bamboo products are made and sold in central Asia, this is a major component of Moso Bamboos carbon footprint, which is largely offset by it’s ability to sequester carbon (500kg of carbon per tonne of bamboo). Within my practice I’m investigating three native Australian species including Bambusa Arnhemica and researching locally grown plantations in terms of commercial viability and to reduce the embodied energy of freight, whilst fully localising material sourcing and production.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All pieces are designed to efficiently use the material to its full potential during production process to reduce waste. CNC processes are employed to increase accuracy and reduce workplace accidents. Pieces are then hand-assembled and finished to a high standard, with attention to detail. Production is restricted to confirmation of orders, so production will never oversupply the market nor overconsume the resource. All bamboo waste remnants are re-used, whilst e-waste and paper waste is recycled.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Pieces are more expensive than similar cheap mass-produced pieces of furniture, because of the cost of the materials, processes and craftsmanship involved, ensuring investment in local skilled labour as well as international investment in developing communities. All furniture components are produced in Brisbane with all assembly of components into furniture carried out in Integration Studio’s Brisbane premises.</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By factoring in the higher price of skilled labour and high-level of craftsmanship and a refined design aesthetic, this inturn reduces the likelihood of a consumer discarding or throwing the product away. </span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sadly, as consumers, we are more inclined to buy ten $20 seats than one $200 seat without thinking whether we really need all ten seats. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We’re also more inclined to throw away those ten $20 seats rather than the $200 which may last a life-time, appreciating in material, sentimental and economic value.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CK Goff and Yellow Diva have collaborated to create 2-3™, a new flat pack plywood</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> chair that bridges the divide between furniture and product. Presented, jigsaw fashion,</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> in an attractive cardboard carry box, the ingenious design has rigorously</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> explored the most economical use of materials.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Designer Chris Goff describes the theory behind his design:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The 2-3 Chair was designed with efficiency, sustainability and technology firmly in</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> mind. The concept of this chair is to obtain every piece from within a limited space</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> on a flat sheet of material, and assemble the final product using no screws, glue or</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> fixings. The profiles are CNC cut from 16mm birch plywood using a common-cut</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> nested layout that leaves minimal waste. When assembled, the chair is designed so</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> that each tab/slot join stiffens itself through compression generated by the angles</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and splayed legs. The application of weight to the seat pulls everything more tightly</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the initial sketching/idea generation process, designing the object was done</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> almost exclusively in CAD software, alternating between two Solidworks assemblies</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> built from common parts. This allowed me to edit sketches in a flat layout to affect the</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> assembled chair, and vice versa. The only additions post-cutting are the cable ties</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> on the back piece. This was both an aesthetic and practical decision, ensuring the</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> back is secure when moving the chair.”</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yellow Diva sourced a local manufacturer who is able to provide a one-stop-shop,</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> supplying and cutting material for both product and packaging. Low volume</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> production of components obviates holding surplus stock and short lead times</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> facilitate a swift response to customer demand.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2-3™ Adult chair is now joined by a Junior chair & table. By devising multiple</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> variations on cutting layouts, dependent on order requirements, further efficiency is</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> achievable from each stock sheet of plywood .</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another ecological benefit of the slimline packaging is cost-effective and</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> straightforward transportation from manufacturer to retailer and retailer to customer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2-3™ is available directly through Yellow Diva & selected retail outlets.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sales inquiries: info@yellowdiva.com or 03 9421 8844</span><br />
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Be In The Know for Sustainability Forum Updates <a href="http://craftaustralia.org.au/subscribe/">Subscribe</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Share Your Stories <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K9887BD">survey</a></span></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-25017003318871945392011-10-31T23:20:00.000-07:002011-10-31T23:20:58.868-07:00Sebastian Clarke: Musing on a sustainable practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrnE3kMeAQzbwfXDxYERI6mjYak_t7lQGnflzMIuO9GJvxdm3PI2Mxp01xouhAcNpxXmp4K5G5RToWHcQq1LPlUOsCGo4meW5rZsJcxxhhc6BAxIYKEEOSNLD96SF-iNHynIBcfY4h7U/s1600/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrnE3kMeAQzbwfXDxYERI6mjYak_t7lQGnflzMIuO9GJvxdm3PI2Mxp01xouhAcNpxXmp4K5G5RToWHcQq1LPlUOsCGo4meW5rZsJcxxhhc6BAxIYKEEOSNLD96SF-iNHynIBcfY4h7U/s400/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I'm an independent industrial designer focusing on lighting. I drew inspiration for 'Stadium' table/wall light from industrial waste, It was when I stumbled across discarded light globes once used in football stadiums that I realised their potential. <span class="apple-style-span">These large beautiful glass bulbs were destined for landfill and I have since sourced a consistent supply of discarded bulbs and up-cylce them into decorative wall and table lights.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Links </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sebastian Lights <a href="http://www.sebastianlights.com/">website</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tongue and Groove <a href="http://www.tongueandgroove.com.au/sebastian-lights">website</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sustainability Stories <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/search/label/case%20study">Link</a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be in the Know for Sustainability Forum updates <a href="http://craftaustralia.org.au/subscribe/">subscribe </a> </span></span>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-32567777849870851612011-10-27T17:11:00.000-07:002011-12-12T19:06:15.573-08:00Save Craft Australia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><h1 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFX0yefi-qlGs4YwVN9BIbd6VyFoYSmkT5bzb2nLWMduNzDr76salHJZE3RItYXvInQFXxp4X-6lXOBQXhDc_8B_Z3wIhLBzwQEQM3HSbZmJ6POSsQDJw6W09hRO0yXNwxu9G6YHl0QHc/s1600/CA+logo_rgb+byline+WEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFX0yefi-qlGs4YwVN9BIbd6VyFoYSmkT5bzb2nLWMduNzDr76salHJZE3RItYXvInQFXxp4X-6lXOBQXhDc_8B_Z3wIhLBzwQEQM3HSbZmJ6POSsQDJw6W09hRO0yXNwxu9G6YHl0QHc/s1600/CA+logo_rgb+byline+WEB.jpg" /></a></div><h1 style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 12pt;">Craft Australia Defunded by the Australia Council</span></h1><h1 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Craft Australia is challenging this decision and is also seeking your support. </span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">What will you lose if Craft Australia is lost to the Australian craft and design sector. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The ramifications of not having a national peak organisation representing the craft and design sector are significant. </span></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">There will be no visible national portal to represent the work of the many artists, designers, gallerists, curators, writers and researchers working in this field. </span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">Australia will be the only OECD country without a dedicated agency to advocate and promote the work of this area of practice. </span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;">The many initiatives that Craft Australia has been advocating for that link craft and design with innovation and industry will be lost.</span></span></li>
</ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Substantial digital content about this sector will be lost, creating a significant knowledge gap about our cultural traditions. </span></span></li>
</ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">How </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">you </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">can help:</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><ol><li style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sign our <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ">petition</a></span></span></b></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Forward to petition to friends and interested parties </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write to the Visual Arts Board, Chair Ted Snell <a href="mailto:t.snell@curtin.edu.au">email</a><a href="mailto:K.Gouriotis@australiacouncil.gov.au"></a></span></span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Write to the Minister for the Arts Simon Crean MP <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=DT4">contact details</a></span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;">Write to the Shadow Minister for the Arts George Brandis SC <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/Abbott-Team/People/George-Brandis.aspx">contact details</a></span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write to your local Minister</span></span></span></li>
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</span></h1><h1 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Craft Australia Defunded by the Australia Council</span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">The Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council announced in October that it would defund Craft Australia, the national peak organisation for the craft and design sector. Without its financial support Craft Australia will be forced to close by December 2011 and its significant 40 year legacy will be lost. The network of Australian Craft and Design Centres, (ACDC), support Craft Australia in seeking to revoke the Visual Arts Board, (VAB) decision.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Craft Australia believes the decision by the VAB is unjustified and was made without proper consultation either with Craft Australia or the craft and design sector. The decision has not followed due process or due governance and is in breach of its own documented guidelines. Craft Australia is challenging this decision and is also seeking immediate interim funding from the Australia Council. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Robert Reason the President of Craft Australia said:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“The interim funding would allow Craft Australia to restructure in a responsible manner and manage its significant heritage assets and active programs appropriately. It would also send a clear message to the craft and design sector that the Australia Council and through it the Australian Government remains committed to the preservation of our cultural heritage”. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">He also said,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“Craft Australia delivers a dynamic and diverse program that promotes and supports Australian craft and design practice nationally and internationally.” </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Craft Australia’s website, </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">www.craftaustralia.org.au</span></a>,</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> has over 1 million unique page visitors annually and provides access to events, exhibitions, and commissioned articles on craft and design. The organisation also engages with readers so they can actively respond to issues through Craft Australia’s social media sites on twitter, facebook and the CA blog, </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">www.craftaustralia.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Some of Craft Australia’s recent achievements in support of the sector include the newly established <i>craft + design enquiry </i>online<i> </i>journal, an international forum for practice based research; the <i>Selling Yarns</i> conferences for contemporary Indigenous craft and design practices and attracting funding to digitise its unique collection of images. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Significantly, Craft Australia ensures that the craft and design sector has a voice on national decision making organisations such the Australian Design Alliance (AdA), ArtsPeak, the National Visual Arts Craft Network (NVACN) and the Council for Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, (CHASS). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Without a national organisation there can be no concerted advocacy position for the Australian craft and design sector. This could leave the sector vulnerable to further erosion of funding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">For more information about the decision to defund Craft Australia, contact </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Robert Reason, President of Craft Australia on 02 6273 0088.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
Sign the <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TYK6WYZ%20">Petition </a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">For more details on the <b><i>Save Craft Australia </i></b>action please see the Craft Australia website </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">www.craftaustralia.org.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1415616008775468821.post-66562166612465129012011-10-27T15:52:00.000-07:002011-10-27T15:52:36.871-07:00Wilma van Boxtel: Musing on a sustainable practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w0XAZh_MHkzVHimw56VR5gDMAueJbbekl5GOI1gu7F-Lafe1lNhkyyXZj4KHqjsIUDV1W5k0fao1NE-k484aESviiIoJIIa27Jivup8M779hV0nh-2Cfa9KprwtRvMe4SVxbey0s4Os/s1600/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w0XAZh_MHkzVHimw56VR5gDMAueJbbekl5GOI1gu7F-Lafe1lNhkyyXZj4KHqjsIUDV1W5k0fao1NE-k484aESviiIoJIIa27Jivup8M779hV0nh-2Cfa9KprwtRvMe4SVxbey0s4Os/s400/09611-Craft-Aust_Sust-Banner-670x104.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Deseos Design combines an extensive experience in European industrial design with the knowledge of Australian resources.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Being the o2WA liaison since 2007 I take my work very seriously especially the impact on the environment. o2 is a global network for sustainable designers</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">. I am a freelance product designer and it’s my duty to inform my clients about the possibilities to improve their product in a sustainable way. During the design process I design to minimize materials and standardize production methods. I work paperless with the best digital programs available and I cycle everywhere, my clients are used to me coming in in my cycle gear with a helmet in hand and the memory stick in the other hand. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">One example is the use of EST, Engineered Solid Timber, instead of the full solid local hardwoods like Jarrah and Marri. EST board has a 4mm outer layer of hardwood and a centre of plantation pine which makes it still solid wood but you use less of the precious hardwoods which are getting scarcer by the day. Another advantage is that the wood stays straight even if you use mitered edges like I did in the Space range. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Another example is the Zeopod, a pouf made from biodegradable plastic. Zelfo is a plastic made from industrial hemp and therefore very strong and natural. I sourced all materials consciously, the textile is GECA certified wool from Sustainable Living Fabrics and the foam is also GECA certified. I had thought about using a natural material for the pouf but I opted for sustainable produced foam instead because of sit comfort and durance. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">As a sustainable designer you continuously have to weigh your options and improve your knowledge about materials and production methods. There are not many products which are 100% safe and good for the environment but important is to make the right choice in the right situation. If you know for example that a product is going to be used for a very long time and will become a heirloom you can safely use beautiful timbers but if you know it will only be used for a couple of years you look at it in a different way. Here comes reduce, reuse and recycle. Design cradle to cradle so the materials stay in the loop. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #444444; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Links </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Deseos Design </span><a href="http://www.deseosdesign.com/">website </a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">02 Global</span> <a href="http://www.o2.org/index.php">website</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Sustainability stories</span> <a href="http://craftaustralia.blogspot.com/search/label/case%20study">link</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Be in the know for sustainability updates</span> <a href="http://craftaustralia.org.au/subscribe/">subscribe</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div>Craft Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09051889187431318513noreply@blogger.com0